Sparklehorseare a rock musicgroup led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous. Essentially, Linkous isSparklehorse (in much the same way that Bill Callahan is Smog). Linkous records much of Sparklehorse's material in his home studio, and his vision (primarily "one of haunted beauty", wrote Kevin Caulfield [1]) guides Sparklehorse. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Minoris a frequent collaborator. Much of Sparklehorse's music has an introspective, melancholy feel, which Linkous credits to a chemical imbalance.
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Sparklehorse

(words by william blake [1757 - 1827])
I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
In every cry of every man,
In every infants cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear.
How the chimney-sweepers cry
Every blackening church appalls,
And the hapless soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls
But most, through midnight streets I hear
How the youthful harlots curse
Blasts the new-born infants tear
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse
I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe