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Desert Sparrow are a psychedelic folk-rock band hailing from the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Kylie Adams and Dave Carreno began their musical journey together by playing covers at local open mic nights in early 2013 before forming their own creative path into songwriting. Desert Sparrow cite as main artistic influences '60s rock, folk music, spaghetti westerns, and surf rock. The resulting amalgam is a rhythmic, highly narrative experience which paints images of solitude and hardship, independence, and perseverance on backgrounds of hardpan deserts and windswept plains. Their sound often recalls moments from groups like Fleetwood Mac, Kings of Leon, and Angus & Julia Stone. Before they met, Kylie had begun playing the piano at the age of 5, but it wasn’t until years later that her childhood memories of Stevie Nicks playing on her parents stereo sparked her love for singing. Playing and singing in her bedroom was always a way of releasing emotions behind closed doors, but never did