Sparks refuse to “rely on [their] past”.

The ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both Of Us’ hitmakers – comprising brothers Russell and Ron Mael – have launched 76 singles so far and so they don’t have any plans on stopping making new tunes anytime quickly.

Russell advised Big Issue journal: “At this point, we really feel more urgent than ever.

“We’re even more motivated to prove a point – that you don’t have to fall into that trap of relying on your past.

“What you’re doing now has got to be compelling and modern and forward-thinking.

“And if it isn’t, then there’s no reason to even be doing it.”

The brothers consider they’re nonetheless “musically strong” and supply one thing completely different to different artists.

Asked why they preserve going, Ron stated: “We always feel that what we’re doing is something both musically strong and unlike a lot of other things that are going on at the time.

“We feel that our music and our presentation is interesting, but it’s not trying to be quirky or oddball and all.”

Cate Blanchett seems in Sparks’ latest music video for his or her new album’s title observe, ‘The Girl Is Crying in Her Latter’, and so they defined they first met the ‘Tar’ actress when she knocked on their dressing room door on the Cesar Awards final 12 months to say she was a fan, an encounter they described as “mind-blowing”.

Russell recalled: “I thought, ‘Maybe she’s in the wrong dressing room or something.’

“But she just came to introduce herself and said that she was a fan of the band.

“It was pretty mindblowing to both of us.”