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Sparklehorse: Out Of The Woods

Keith Cameron, MOJO, July 2001

BEHIND AN 1850s Virginia farmhouse sits Static King, the recording studio where Mark Linkous made the first two Sparklehorse albums. We are not looking at the most luxurious facility in the world. In fact, it's by no means unfair to describe Static King as a small wooden shack that's been filled with recording equipment.  Until quite recently, it was also home to a spider.

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