The hardest part of a break-up lies in the sudden onset of the unknown. Not just in practical terms; the constant stream of changes to how you spend your days now that you’re spending them without that someone by your side. Far beyond that, the most painful and confusing part is the realisation that you didn’t know what was in the other person’s heart quite as well as you thought you did. The doubt and uncertainty dig their way ever deeper through your brain like a tree root through soil. What was the moment where their love first began to falter? Was there a way that you could have kept things together? These and more questions that all leave you shaken, and rarely ever come with reassuring answers. ‘The Spark’ channels that frantic pondering about how it all unravelled into an introspective anthem awash with 80s sensibilities. This track from Pennsylvania based artist EĐĐIE, taken from his latest album Grieving Hour, deftly balances the rawness of heartbreak with memorable melodic hooks and stunningly slick production.