Camilla Sparksss Driving Even Harder

Out now via On The Camper Records is “ICU RUN”, the new album from fearless synth experimentalist Camilla Sparksss. “ICU RUN” is about chaos, beauty, and survival”, she writes. “It’s the sound of grief crashing into defiance. I wanted to break things apart musically, to reflect the feeling of losing control but still clinging to life. It’s the most personal and unfiltered album I’ve ever made.”

Camilla Sparksss aka Barbara Lehnhoff has never been a cuddly sort of artist. Combining punky vocals with minimalist electro rhythms and melodies, her short, sharp bursts of high-octane song were designed from the off to rattle the cages. ICU stands for “intensive care unit”, a place Sparksss’s father spent the last moths of his life trying to escape from. Wrapped in a melange of dark wave turntablist synth experimentation, Sparksss latest set, her fourth, is driven by the complex feelings accompanying the passing of her father. Typically uncompromising in conception and execution, it is also full of musical wit, textural depth and charm. One track, “Amami Tu”, features guest vocals from Italian singer Francesco Bianconi.

Camilla Sparksss
On The Camper Records