‘Bird Machine’ is released. From the time that Mark began working on these songs to the record’s release, 14 years have passed, a long time for a collection of tracks that were already well advanced at the time of Mark’s death. There’s something in the album’s long and complex gestation – the chaos of old tapes, the love and care that Mark’s family and his close musician friends have shown to every detail – that makes this so distinctively a Sparklehorse record. Listen here.