Sparrow Steeple

Crafting their own distinctive brand of lo-fi psychedelic indie rock with strong elements of folk and progressive rock, Sparrow Steeple are a playfully chaotic outfit whose music is built around the push and pull of a handful of instrumentalists traveling in similar but parallel directions. Boasting bright but angular melodies, layers of instrumentation that don't always mesh but create challenging textures, and vocals that suggest a mannered bargain-store version of Bryan Ferry, Sparrow Steeple started as a gritty and shambolic lo-fi indie rock outfit on 2008's Rangefinder, a...