Yo, what's up? Hi 5. I am Sparky Deathcap. I am a musician and cartoonist from Manchester, now living in London. I am way cooler than you and I have toured with Daniel Johnston and Los Campesinos! and in recent times supported Panda Bear, Shearwater and Julie Doiron. Whenever I see a limo in the street I peer forlornly into the darkened windows in the hope that to the occupant inside I will appear to be an apparition of their younger self, appalled by this vision of the bloated, listless husk they will become. I get compared to Jeffrey Lewis a lot, mostly because I use an overhead projector to show my drawings during shows. I'm probably cooler than Jeffrey Lewis as well. I have a leather jacket. And a leather cap.
Here are some things some dudes have said 'bout me:
"Like Jeffrey Lewis but more lo-fi."- Bethan Elfyn, Radio 1
"How much did that guy want to be Jeffrey Lewis?"- Gary, Twisted By Design
"Sparky Deathcap wears a hoodie with felt animal ears sewn onto the hood, and twists proggy guitar loops against the sound of himself whistling a lovely dawn chorus." -Emily Bick, Plan B Magazine
"Shuffly indie folk fetches up somewhere in between Leonard Cohen, Grizzly Bear and Moldy Peaches"- Time Out (take that, Leonard Cohen)
Ces 11 chansons tutoient les sommets récemment explorés par les Animal Collective et autres Mount Eerie lors d'escapades pleine d'oxygène et de folie. -PILOTTI.ORG (sounds good to me)
Sortons tous pour ce feu de joie, cette allégorie d'un communisme vivable, cette réponse moins branchée à la bande à Devandra, cette suite aux --uvres de Sentridoh, de Palace de Smog, ces grands illustres prédécesseurs. -A DECOUVRIR ABSOLUMENT (I've been told this review was "positive")
Here's a comic strip I drew about how I became saddled with this ridiculous moniker:
Trailer for the forthcoming DVD of the Union Chapel Daniel Johnston show featuring Sparky Deathcap in his backing band:
Some extracts from the Tearjerky cartoon series I've been working on:
And an installment from my new weekly comic strip, Customer Service. Yeah, I know, in reality the dog wouldn't have a passport or a P45 and would probably choose to work outside rather than in a bookshop but just look beyond that:
And you can still snap up the last few copies of my first record, a collection of nice little recordings I did a few years ago, beautifully packaged by the good folks at Pulsar Records of Lille, France:
