Sparky Deathcap
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I write viral bangers for depressed people. also illustrator. Sparky Deathcap & @loscampesinos šTEAR JERKY EP is out now on vinyl and streaming plaforms!
Peckham
Joined January 2009
šæoh my itās TEAR JERKY DAYšæ. The long lost Tear Jerky EP is finally available to stream and own on vinyl for the first time ever!. šfeaturing the song Septemberš. š§stream and buy right now!
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šØ September by Sparky Deathcap is now available to stream on Spotify and all good platforms šØ.
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Also best thing to happen this decade was Ellie Goulding spraying tango on everything in the LC! dressing room whilst we were on stage at underage festival, because she thought weād stolen her north face jacket.
In a fitting end to the 2010s, Jeff Bezos is responsible for the last Number 1 Single of the year, Ellie Goulding's "River" (by Joni Mitchell). Here's how:. 1. You can't find it on Spotify, Apple, Google. 2. That's because - aside from Youtube - it's Amazon exclusive. and. .
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I actually āannouncedā this months ago by accident in an SD interview. Luckily nobody read it.
š Los Camp! album 7ļøā£ is finished and ready to go. Weāve been in and out of the studio since October 2023, and the album will be out worldwide this Summer. More news soon, but let it be known weāre back for our crown.
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Hard luck to Frank Turner after narrowly missing out on the world record set by @CrywankBand.
.@frankturner breaks world record for most shows played in 24 hours for @musicvenuetrust . āProud. Tired. Grateful. Long live independent musicā
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Drawn a picture here of Footballās Dad setting up an air bed in the computer room, ready for when she comes home. And, yes, Football is a woman. #ENGSWE
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š£Out Now!š¬. The official lyric video for September, made entirely by me and featuring original super 8 footage and a million man hours worth of frame by frame animation. Sadly I am dead now but my work lives on.
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Amazingly I actually drew this a couple of months before the news dropped. IIRC it got featured in The Mirror.
#OtD 20 Sep 2015 the #piggate scandal broke when claims from Tory donor, Lord Ashcroft, were published in a right-wing newspaper that UK Prime Minister David Cameron had had sex with a dead pig's head while at university
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The newly remixed, remastered and rejerked Tear Jerky EP will be released 1st Dec on vinyl for the first time ever. Pre-order now and get the double-sided phenakistoscope picture disc!. But hurry because only the first 200 come with a signed print!.
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If we sell out Troxy then I'm adding a t-shirt cannon to my rig.
We sold out 1,801 tickets in no time. London: 1ļøā£5ļøā£0ļøā£1ļøā£.(1,499 tickets remain to go on sale Friday, 10am). Leeds: 3ļøā£0ļøā£0ļøā£.(100 tickets remain to go on sale Friday, 10am). Ā£5 low income tickets available as part of each. Seriously, thank you šš¤.
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āļøWinter City Ghosts, from Tear Jerky EP, is out today!. š¼š§Watch the brand new video and stream now on all good platforms. šæTear Jerky EP (newly rejerked) is out on 1st Dec and available to pre-order right now!.
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Weird thing about Zac Goldsmith is he doesn't even appear to be that hungry for any of this. It's like someone put a bowtie on a roomba and then pointed it in the direction of westminster.
Environment minister Zac Goldsmith is being introduced to the House of Lords.
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šThe Sparky Deathcap Merch Store is open for business!š. Want tees? We got āem! Want caps? We got āem! Oh, you want a tote bag now you big baby? Well guess what! We got āem!.
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Hey sorry to everyone who got excited about the Sparky Deathcap back-catalogue appearing on streaming platforms. It was uploaded without my consent, so had to be taken down for obvious reasons. But the good news is that itās all coming back, along with some unreleased stuff.
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Something interesting about me is that I actually canāt imagine dragons.
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The chain of events, I discovered, went something like this: a popular Twitch streamer and Youtuber (hi Wilbur!) had briefly used the track on their channel and it had gained kind of a small cult status amongst Wilbur ultras.
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The thing about going back in time to kill baby hitler is that youād then become world famous as the time-travelling baby killer. And then someone would travel back in time to kill baby you. And then someone would travel back in time to kill baby them. And so on. Itās a hassle.
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I spoke to Clash about my understanding of what tiktok is and how itās totally not just another version of gumtree. it transpires. š·: @edwinmingard.
.@sparkydeathcap's 'September' took the long route to viral stardom. The inside track on how a decade-old break-up symphony became an online sensation - .
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I guess if thereās a silver lining to all this itās that the world will definitely end at some point in the next four years.
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all Iām saying is it would be reeeeeally fucking typical if we got into a planet-destroying intergalactic war the very week I sign a major label deal.
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Also trans rights are human rights. Please consider donating to Trans Aid Cymru here:.
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Had an absolute blast! thanks so much to everyone who came out to see us. Means so much to us that even after all these years we still get to do this thing we love.
Thank you all for this weekend. The love and kindness you show us is very much appreciated. We hope you had a great time š¤
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This guy gets it.
Album of the day (19).Sparky deathcamp tear jerky. All the songs are good, but some seem a bit much. 5/10 - 10/10 depending on the song. #sparkyDeathcap #music #rock.
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Some guy in a shop was like āyou know who you look like?ā and then spent the best part of 5 minutes googling before presenting me with this bullshit:
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A pleasure and an honour to work on the album art for the new record by @treerivermusic coming out on @bsmrocks. Go and pre-order that vinyl ya dummies.
Here is the beautiful artwork created by @sparkydeathcap. We're so stoked on this album that we recorded in October 2020 (!) and so jazzed we don't have to sit on it any longer! You're gonna love it. Pre-order the vinyl or pre-save the album on Spotify at
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So kind of a funny story behind this. This song originally came from an EP I put out in 2009, called Tear Jerky, which I wrote and recorded in my bedroom when I was like 22/23. It was a super personal sad boy labour of love about a breakup I'd just gone through.
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Hands down the worst character in The Office (US) is Brian the boom mic operator. Mostly because all the characters wear lapel mics throughout so what does Brian even do all day? Stand around and wreck homes, thatās what.
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Check out the phenakistiscope vinyl I made for Tear Jerky. Pre-order your copy here:
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Had a blast talking to @101PartTimePod the other day! One of my go-to podcasts right now with some awesome guests. Letās see if Giles managed to find an edit point anywhere within the 45 min monolith of square wave drone I served up.
Listen to today's episode with @sparkydeathcap, as Rob talks survival years with @LosCampesinos, a literal RUNNING job at the National Gallery and how September became a TikTok anthem after 10 years. Listen along āŖļø
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Check out the Winter City Ghosts live session we recorded out by a lake in upstate New York.
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šøThis weekend Iām playing a special series of instore shows!. šæ Iāll be playing Tear Jerky EP in its entirety for the first (and only) time ever, followed by a record signing!. šļø Snap up tickets at:
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Tonight in Brooklyn with @LongNeckLass and @notapoetryclub . Iāll be playing a mixture of new songs and some old Sparky Deathcap classics for all the real heads out there. RSVP + details here:.
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oh, and unfortunately I've joined TikTok. Follow me at sparky_deathcap. Don't worry I'll do like 3 posts and then forget about it.
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While you were watching Skibidi Toilet I was working in the lab to create my finest work yet: a 35 minute ASMR version of the viral banger September. Y'welcome. Behold:
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I hate that stupid sweaty little pig thing that everyone loves.
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Alex G in the mud.
@sparkydeathcap I AM SO NORMAL and capable of liking things in sane quantities!!!! (i bought albums on bandcamp and imported them on my computer so i could listen to them on Spotify)
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So I guess the moral of the story is to put your work up online and keep abreast of what's going on on TikTok. And believe in yourself?. Special thanks to @grthdvd, couldn't have done it without you, buddy. And also to Dan and everyone at Sony RCA, you've been great. And Will!.
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My dad just got banned from his facebook model railway group for complaining about the misogynistic comments beneath a "guess the train" game. Proud of you, dad. In spite of all the shame your model railway thing heaps on the family.
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@drewmcewan @LosCampesinos No, come on, please donāt joke about someoneās leaked nudes. Itās a serious invasion and probably a horrible episode in her life.
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Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me and my weirdo music over the years. It keeps me alive when Iām trying to remix the 130+ unlabelled tracks of the logic arrangement for September. I certainly made some odd organisational choices as a youngster.
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Anyway, to cut a verrry long story (sorry about that btw) short, the other day I ended up signing deal with Sony RCA for September. I finally remixed and remastered it and it's been kind of like seeing an old friend again.
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Hard to believe, but my music career was not going 'well'. I'd just appeared on the Christmas special of a local Manchester TV show, which curiously featured an old lady who reviewed the bands after they performed. She LOVED the Joy Formidable, but thought I should quit music.
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Texted my mum at 2am to tell her I won a competitive eating competition. She was all like āare you ok?ā.
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For the avoidance of doubt here we're talking about @LosCampesinos. And I hurried out an unmastered version of Tear Jerky to release and sell on the first tour, which I was also opening on. The EP got decent reviews everywhere and the limited run sold out pretty quickly.
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It then crossed over to TikTok where it began to 'snowball virally', as I have been terming it. Then some dude called Reno apparently uploaded it to Spotify (turns out anyone can just. do this) and there it had accrued 3 million + plays.
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Rebecca Long-Bailey 2020 looking a little bit Los Campesinos! 2015
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Know I should shop for my neice and nephewās presents but Iām terrified of how much deadbeat dad energy Iād exude in a toy shop.
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Oh shiiiiiiiit itās #Tearjerky day! (again). š¼ Come with me on a guided tour of the all new Tear Jerky vinyl packageā¦. š¤³And donāt forget to post your own Tear Jerky pics in the replies (again!). šBest video of phenakistiscope vinyl wins a prize!.
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If I have to read another āyou need to leave your echo chamberā take I swear to god I will leave this echo chamber and beat some cosy liberal consensus into each and every one of you.
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Did anyone get sent the embarrassing video I made for my top Spotify Wrapped listeners? . In my defence it turned out I had Covid.
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Get this fat-handed twat to the guillotine forthwith.
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remember asking my mum and dad what they thought of this after it aired and they said I looked "a bit tired".
Virtually all trace has been removed from the internet, but thereās a wave of Los Camp! fans that need to know we truly were on Letterman bitd
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I spoke to M magazine about how.I wrote September and how life is really just a bottomless pit of despair:.
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So I took the flippant remark of an 85 year old to heart and that became the plan. And Tear Jerky was going to be my big swan song, baby. One final big score. But then out of the blue some friends asked me to join their band and it basically changed my life.
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Women in this coffee shop marvelling at some babyās fine motor skills . as if I didnāt just open a tiny jar of jam and spread it all by my self.
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Have you caught the new video I made for Winter City Ghosts? . Watch the full thing and stream the track with this link:
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I was honoured to get to sing on my favourite record of 2022! But don't let that put you off, I'm only on one song and it's honestly such a great album that you hardly even notice. It's your patriotic duty to go and pre-order right now. Do it for the queen.
Monumentally excited to announce my new album, āSoft Animalā, will be out on June 21st via @plasticmiracles & @specialistsub . The first single āGardenerā is out now, ft. vocals from @sparkydeathcap & violins by @dreamsoundsvid.
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I initially thought the first one was a scam, I just couldn't figure out the angle. But he directed me to the UK viral charts and there, at number 2 was my song September. Albeit under somebody else's name.
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Itās a straight race between me and AI for whichever one of us can learn to draw hands first.
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Sheffield Iām going to delight you.
We're very excited to announce we have @sparkydeathcap (aka @LosCampesinos multi instrumentalist R N Taylor) stopping by for an in store show and signing on Sunday 3rd December at 1pm. Entry to the event is with purchase of the new Tear Jerky EP.
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Earlier in the year I got to illustrate the cover for the brilliant debut collection of stories by one of my oldest friends @ricketywhite. Sadly the publisher, STORGY, has been hit by a funding shortfall and is running a Kickstarter in order to print this and a few other titles.
#TalkingToGhostsAtParties by @ricketywhite A #book for the orphans, the outcasts, & the strange. 29 stunning stories of how absurd it is to be human, how brave it is to be alive. Available for pre-order in our SWAN SONG #Kickstarter š» #books #shortstories
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Alien historians trying to get their head around just what the fuck was wrong with us as a species.
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This threw up a load of questions. How did the track end up on spotify? How was it trending? If you get to number one is there some kind of government agency that distributes gold records? Would 'Reno' get mine? It was a good old 2023 internet mystery.
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And I always meant to go back and remix and remaster the record for streaming platforms, but I was having such a blast with LC! that I could never really face opening up the session files and trying to sift through my old feelings, questionable lines and odd production choices.
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BRISTOL! . Tear Jerky instore today @RoughTrade Bristol!. šŖdoors at midday.šøshow at 1pm.āļøsigning afterwards!. Get the gosh dern hurl down here!
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A few years ago I sought help for depression and ended up also getting diagnosed with ADHD. Now I take a load of strong brain drugs every day. I used to be embarrassed about it, but these days Iām too busy being late for things to care what anyone thinks #WorldMentalHealthDay.
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First I get unverified, then I donāt receive the emergency alertā¦. Have I been IRL šššššššššššš?.
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š£ September sped up now available everywhere. Itās now 20% faster, formulated specially for busy people on the gošØ.
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So I just left it to drift like a small trash island on the tides of the internet and basically forgot all about it. Until pretty much a few weeks ago, when I got a sudden avalanche of enquiries from major label A&R people.
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Sometimes to relax I email the in-house tech at a venue 2 weeks in advance to request a spare mic line and then show up drunk to whatever show it is with my own microphone and sing along with the band.
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Perhaps the weirdest use of September yet.
Another player whose career was undeniably stalled by Chelsea. What a talent Ross Barkley was manā¦ š.
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Some of the worst lyrics known to humanity. And thatās before you realise the words are in fact āDriving lakeside/and covered in vomitā.
Crowded lakeside . Covered in pollen . Stereo horror . Hysterical Dutch touch clutch.
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Pt 3 of the September lyric video. This verse is for everyone out there in the borough of Hackney. I even LOOKED at a picture of London Fields before animating it. Thatās professionalism.
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Finally looked into it and turns out roughly 95% of my streaming numbers are coming from the enhanced interrogation suite at Guantanamo Bay.
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The big boi move: stay up all night, wait for santa to arrive and then fight him.
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Well thatās one in the eye for the whole āwhy canāt you be more like Jay Bladesā crew (My mum and dad).
BREAKING: The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades has been charged with engaging in controlling and coercing behaviour against estranged wife after appearing in Kidderminster magistrates court. šŗ Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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I spoke to @BigIssue about September, Tear Jerky EP and spilled the tea on my years with Tobey Maguire in the Pussy Posse.
"I was told it was number two on the UK viral charts, which I didnāt even know was a thing." I thoroughly enjoyed speaking to @sparkydeathcap about life, music and the TikTok effect for @BigIssue .
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In the meantime, the OG unmixed version of Tear Jerky EP is still available on bandcamp
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Iām sorry but that new Beatles song just sounds really OLD. Like where did they record it? The PAST?.
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Because I didnāt proof read it even once?.
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š„A couple of months ago I recorded this live version of September out by the Hudson River in Upstate New York. Watch till the end to hear someone's dad on a boat shout 'fuck yeah' and ruin a take.
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The real trolley problem is all the garsh darn guts all over my beautiful new trolley wheels.
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Did I just pay Ā£15 for an enormous watermelon because I was too embarrassed to admit I estimated it to be about Ā£2? No. You did.
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Pt. 2 of the new September lyric video!. Watch the rest here:.
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Oh no just heard the news. Henry Kissinger has carpet bombed heaven x.
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Photo of screen with cursor partially obscuring face. Textbook mugshot release.
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Death of the author. I have no right to an opinion on the use of my work in some sort of hellish 22 jump street entrapment psyop. Thatās just what it is to be a creator of art (content).
I geniunely wonder how Rob Sparky Deathcap feels about his song being used by the world's most obvious fed on tiktok
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