Last May, Dublin trio Sleep Thieves stepped up a gear with a collection of hypnotic electronic songs on the Islands EP. ‘Sparks’, the new single from the band’s as-yet forthcoming 2014 album finds them continuing down the path of pairing vintage synths, sweet vocals and driving rhythms into a neon-hazed glow.

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