Handsome Furs- What we had MP3

*Get it in their MySpace now!!.
It's the first single from their Plague Park (5/22)

1. What We Had *
2. Hearts Of Iron
3. Handsome Furs Hate This City
4. Snakes On The Ladder
5. Cannot Get Started
6. Sing! Captain
7. Dead + Rural
8. Dumb Animals
9. Radio's Hot Sun, The


Dark and minimal while noisy and earnest, the point of this duo was to be as sparse and repetitive as possible with the help of little more than vocals, guitars, and a drum machine. Disenchanted vocals thinly resonate while cloaked in a frenzied undertone of fear and uncertainty, all punctuated by bare drum machine beats. Their debut is a record of melancholic tendency and heartfelt desire; a stripped down symphony relegated between city and country, and made for ears of either side. -Amazon.com

Handsome Furs-Dumb animals VIDEO

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Montreal, Quebec
Canada

MySpace

SubPop Records

Info from their MySpace:
The duo of Handsome Furs began as an idea in the winter of 2006, comprised of Montreal residents Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Alexei Perry. Dark and minimal while noisy and earnest, the point 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 disenchanted vocals thinly resonate while cloaked in a frenzied undertone of fear and uncertainty, all punctuated by bare drum machine beats. Through the course of each track, a deep-seated sense of longing is leveled out by staunch realism as a restless disdain for both urban life and smaller towns collide. Handsome Furs toured Europe before having recorded any songs, and has since opened for the likes of Paavoharju, Islaja, David Cross and Modest Mouse without having released a proper record. Recorded at Wolf Parade’s studio, Mount Zoomer, in the heart of December, Plague Park is their debut. It is a record of melancholic tendency and heartfelt desire; a stripped down symphony relegated between city and country, and made for ears of either side. Plague Park is out on May 22!





Video for "Dumb Animals" from the upcoming Handsome Furs record, Plague Park (5/22). Director: Panos Cosmatos