SPARROW STEEPLE - Steeple II LP cold wave and that's all in the

and that's all in the first half hour

Liner notes by Alec Palao

the album catapulted them into the mainstream and proved that indie bands could enjoy wide commercial success without compromising their artistic vision

The man is not in hiding

it's like the band are so excited to be making an album

SPARROW STEEPLE - Steeple II LP cold wave and that's all in theLightly swirling wah. Is it wrong or is it right leads. Intermittent odd percussion flourishes. Songs about shrimp rolls to go. Loosey goosey warbling atmosphere turned to 10. This is the world of Sparrow Steeple, comprised of almost all of Philly's legendary Strapping Fieldhands fronted by noted visual artist Barry Goldberg. Beginning secretly in the last decade by SF mainman Bob Malloy and drummer Jeff Werner to record Barry's inscrutable songs, the