Sugar Scars Make Chaos Charming on Their New Album "Dark Spark-White Light"

Sugar Scars aren’t interested in being boxed in, filed away, or politely labeled. Their new Album, “Dark Spark White Light,” makes that very clear from the first few seconds. It feels like the musical version of someone emptying their whole closet onto the floor and somehow turning the mess into an outfit that actually works. The group, made up of two multi-instrumentalists split between El Paso and Juarez, already won people over with last year’s release. Now they’re back with something stranger, sharper, and way more fun to explain to friends who pretend they “listen to everything.”

The opener, “Sad Rain,” begins with a slow, honest punch. It’s not trying to cheer you up. It’s that friend who sits next to you, sighs loudly, and says, “Yeah, it’s rough, but maybe we can fix it?” The song asks for redemption without trying to pretty up the situation. It’s a bold way to welcome listeners into an album that has zero interest in pretending everything is fine.

Then the middle section comes barreling in like it drank too much coffee. “Deathtiny,” track three, might be the catchiest song about free will and doom anyone has ever written. It has this playful bounce that makes you forget the lyrics are basically asking whether your whole life is already planned out.

“Mermaid” arrives right after, and it’s louder, faster, and slightly unhinged in the best way. It feels like someone shouting their feelings from underwater while also refusing to drown. The themes get heavy, but the music keeps pushing forward like it’s sprinting through a storm with no intention of stopping.

Right in the middle is “Hum,” the album’s weirdest moment. It’s built on these layered chants and percussion that make you wonder if you opened the wrong tab. It feels like wandering into a drum circle you weren’t invited to, but everyone is too busy vibing to notice. Somehow, it works. It shouldn’t, but it does.

The closing track, “Just Go,” brings the whole thing full circle. It’s gentle but blunt, the way someone talks when they’re tired of pretending things are simple. It’s a quiet goodbye with a loud message: letting go is a lot harder than songs usually admit.

Across its 11 tracks, “Dark Spark White Light” moves like a playlist someone curates when they want to feel everything at once. The album jumps between moods without ever losing its core. It’s honest, odd, and strangely comforting, like hearing a stranger confess something you’ve felt before but never said out loud. Nothing here fits neatly into a genre. Nothing tries to. That’s the charm. It’s music for people who don’t mind a little chaos and appreciate when artists actually mean what they’re saying.

It’s messy in a human way, inventive in a stubborn way, and addictive without trying to be cute about it. Sugar Scars made something that feels personal, even when it veers into the dramatic, the heavy, or the downright existential. Give it a listen. Just don’t blame me when you end up replaying “Dark Charm” three times in a row and start arguing with yourself about whether “Deathtiny” is a pun or not, well there’s also a hidden gem on the album titled Mantra, the way that track starts, wow!.

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