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The debate of preference for metropolitan or rural areas is an old one, and the distinction of partiality to either is a sign of taste for many. When it comes to the Handsome Furs, they prefer both, and they prefer neither, caught between a love and a disdain for either option. It is a matter of seeing failure in a long highway or hope in slabs of concrete, or otherwise longing for wide fields while stuck in a parking lot.
The duo of Handsome Furs began as an idea in the winter of 2005, and currently consists of Montreal residents Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry. Boeckner also sings and plays guitar in Wolf Parade and before that did much the same in Atlas Strategic, while Perry maintains a career as a writer. Dark and minimal while noisy and earnest, the fabric of their record together was just as informed by late nights as it was by Scandinavian black metal. Truly, the point of creating Handsome Furs was to be as sparse and repetitive as possible with the help of little more than vocals, guitars, and a new drum machine. Through this, songs of earthbound captains, eggs made of gold and iron, and sleepless bodies were born. Boeckner's affected vocals thinly resonate as they are ushered in by a frenzied undertone of fear and uncertainty, all punctuated by drum machine beats. Through the course of each track, a deep-seated sense of longing struggles with staunch realism as a restless disdain for both urban life and smaller towns collide.
"Handsome Furs Hate This City," for one, shouts out against the blasphemy of everyday life while wrestling apathy into a verbal chokehold. It floats by... Read More
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v7nce, Oct 15, 2007:
I saw you last thursday at La Flèche d'Or, in Paris...
hope to see you again soon in Brussels maybe! ;-)
Reaching the Day, Sep 22, 2007:
burman, Sep 1, 2007:
What a perfect name for you guys. Handsome, yes, and most definitely Furry.
Brilliant stuff!!
Liam, Aug 11, 2007:
aweseome show in london (ontario) much much love
IG - Ivana Gatti / Gianni Maroccolo, Aug 4, 2007: