Singer Russell Mael reveals next project for Sparks

Sparks singer Russell Mael has revealed his band are working on a new studio album.The American duo, formed in the late-1960s by Mael and his brother, keyboard player Ron, released their first live album as a full band in Live On The Moon earlier this month, and put out their 28th studio album just last year, but are already planning a follow-up.Mael, 77, told the Press Association: “We’re starting to work on a new album.“For us it’s just a challenge at this point in our career to do something that is still really strong and special, and fresh sounding, but still retaining the essence of what you are, what Sparks is, and so that’s the the challenge now musically.“And so we’re up for that challenge because we think we’ve never been lazy, and … we don’t want to have the luxury of kind of jus