The second Sparrow record, Lunar Tide has been described paradoxically as having “a free-form sense of reckless creative abandon” and being “a lesson in style and restraint”. Featuring contributions from Andy Clausen (Fleet Foxes, The Westerlies), Finnegan Shanahan (Contemporaneous, New Amsterdam Records), James Quinlan (Sammy Rae And The Friends), and Ricky Petraglia (Escaper). Recorded at Saltlands Studio and in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Mastered by the Grammy-nominated Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, The Antlers, etc.). Released independently on July 7th, 2015.
Sparrow - Lunar Tide
Mantra, the latest record from Anderson’s ambient project Sixty Ton Angel, is music and mindfulness cues designed for riding the New York City subway system. It includes a version for home listening. The spoken word mindfulness cues came about organically one day while Anderson was running late to work. In a ramshackle attempt to calm himself down on the subway, he closed his eyes and started repeating phrases to himself: “I am on the train”; “the train is in the station”; “each rider on the train has a destination”. By doing so he inadvertently entered into a hypnotic meditative state, and the project was born. Anderson is currently “busking” the project in the NYC subway system by providing a sign with a QR code, leading to a link from which riders can stream the record from the streaming platform of their choice. Co-produced by Carson Graham. Album cover by Ryan Segedi. Released independently on February 14th, 2025.
Sixty Ton Angel - Mantra
The Window is the third Sparrow album, released independently on November 6th 2019, months before the pandemic. Impossibly dense and riddled with the emotional detritus of lost faith, the record is Anderson’s most personal and visceral. Recorded with no budget in sublet bedroom studios throughout Brooklyn, the epic scope of the record bursts at the seams of it’s mid-fi constraints. Featuring contributions from Chloe Rowlands (Fleet Foxes, The Westerlies), Max Zooi (Sammy Rae And The Friends, Star The Moonlight), Helen Newby (Residente, Amaranth Quartet), Charls Ava, Finnegan Shanahan (Contemporaneous, New Amsterdam Records), Ricky Petraglia (Escaper), and Lauren Renahan.