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Sparks Share New ‘Mad!’ Single and Announce North American Tour

Sparks have shared their new single "Drowned in a Sea of Tears" from their upcoming album Mad!, and announced a North American tour.

The song and its corresponding Amber Navarro-directed video that documents Russell Mael’s narrator’s attempts to be “a savior” to a woman trying to pick herself up from emotional turmoil, captured in the visual when the protagonist nearly drowns in her own car as it fills with tears. “Drowned in a Sea of Tears” is the third preview from Mad!, due out May 23 via Transgressive Records, following first single “Do Things My Own Way” and “JanSport Backpack.” Sparks also announced plans for a monthlong North American tour this September; check out the dates below. is their 26th studio LP — they also collaborated with director Leos Carax on the movie musical Annette and attempted to recount their own history in Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers documentary.

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