Ladies and gentleman, allow us to introduce The Great\nImpression, the second album by Sparkadia, a record of fierce\nintent and purpose yet tender in its delivery; an album that was\nvery nearly called The Great Depression until salvation came in the\nrelocation to a new country, new collaborators and a new outlook\nfor Australia’s most critically lauded new band.

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The Great Impression is an epic work of smart pop, at times\ntentative, at others assured and glacial. China sounds like a lost\n80’s cinematic anthem, vast enough to soundtrack entire\nadolescences; the exquisite Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs is\nas complex and evocative as prime Kate Bush or Talk Talk while the\nmajestic Ghost recalls the high drama and heartbreaking melodies of\nScott Walker. Not bad for an album that may not have happened had\nit not been for the pugnacious fighting spirit of magnificently\nquiffed Sparkadia mainman Alex Burnett – a man for whom the phrase\n“have guitar will travel” could have been coined.

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