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The Handsome Family Is An Alternative Country And Americana Band Formed In Chicago Illinois And Currently Based In Albuquerque New Mexico. The Band Was Formed In 1993 By Husband-And-Wife Duo Brett Sparks Vocals Guitar Keyboards And Rennie Sparks Bass Banjo Vocals Along With Drummer Mike Werner. The Band Would Later Revolve Around Rennie Who Writes The Lyrics And Brett Who Writes The Music. Guest Musicians Complete The Band Line-Up For Recordings And Live Work. Their Seventh CD Last Days Of Wonder June. 2006 Was One Of Mojo’s Top Ten American Albums For 2006 And Called “an Unqualified Triumph” By Uncut. Of Their Sixth CD Singing Bones The UK’s Independent Wrote “Rarely Even In The Fatalistic World Of Country Music Has The Precarious Mystery Of Mortality Been Captured With Such Poetic Grace As On Singing Bones.” They Have Appeared In The Movie I’m Your Man 2005 A Tribute To Leonard Cohen As Well As Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus 2004 . In 2004 A Reader's Poll In Mojo Named The Handsome Family's Third CD Through The Trees One Of The Ten Essential Americana Records. Last Days Of Wonder Is A Collection Of Love Songs Sung In Airports Garbage Dumps Drive-Thru Windows And Shark-Infested Waters. The CD Celebrates The Little Miraculous Moments Of Beauty Found In Everyday Life A Golf Course Shining In The Rain Hanging Lights Bouncing In The Breeze Pigeons Singing From Billboards Trees Blooming In Squares Of Dirt. The Songs Linger On Those Moments When We’re Pulled From The Ordinary To Feel Awed By Mystery Bewildered By Beauty Terrified By The Vast Unknowable Around Us Whether We Wander Through Shady Groves Or Crowded Parking Lots . Brett Sparks Who Writes The Music Draws From Medieval Melody Country-Politan String Arrangements Tin-Pan Alley Crooners And Dusty Hillbilly Records To Weave Together The Fabric Of This Record. Rennie Sparks Who Writes The Lyrics Makes Magical Realism From Polar Adventure Stories Pagan Hunting Songs And Her Own Time Spent Like Most People Riding Up Elevators Staring Out Hotel Room Windows And Driving Interstate Highways. The Entire Album Was Recorded Over A Year's Time In The Converted Garage Studio At The Back Of The Sparks' Albuquerque House. Brett Recorded It All On A Mac And A Whole Mess Of Wires Microphones And Little Metal Boxes. Alongside The Usual Guitar Bass And Drums You Will Hear Mellotrons Ukulele Banjo Bowed Wine Glasses And Trombone. Brett And Rennie The Handsome Family Have Been Married For 18 Years. In Their Live Performances The Handsome Family Are Sometimes Up To A Six-Piece Band And Sometimes Just Brett And Rennie With Or Without A Laptop Computer.
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The Handsome Family Is An Alternative Country And Americana Band Formed In Chicago Illinois And Currently Based In Albuquerque New Mexico. The Band Was Formed In 1993 By Husband-And-Wife Duo Brett Sparks Vocals Guitar Keyboards And Rennie Sparks Bass Banjo Vocals Along With Drummer Mike Werner. The Band Would Later Revolve Around Rennie Who Writes The Lyrics And Brett Who Writes The Music. Guest Musicians Complete The Band Line-Up For Recordings And Live Work. Their Seventh CD Last Days Of Wonder June. 2006 Was One Of Mojo’s Top Ten American Albums For 2006 And Called “an Unqualified Triumph” By Uncut. Of Their Sixth CD Singing Bones The UK’s Independent Wrote “Rarely Even In The Fatalistic World Of Country Music Has The Precarious Mystery Of Mortality Been Captured With Such Poetic Grace As On Singing Bones.” They Have Appeared In The Movie I’m Your Man 2005 A Tribute To Leonard Cohen As Well As Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus 2004 . In 2004 A Reader's Poll In Mojo Named The Handsome Family's Third CD Through The Trees One Of The Ten Essential Americana Records. Last Days Of Wonder Is A Collection Of Love Songs Sung In Airports Garbage Dumps Drive-Thru Windows And Shark-Infested Waters. The CD Celebrates The Little Miraculous Moments Of Beauty Found In Everyday Life A Golf Course Shining In The Rain Hanging Lights Bouncing In The Breeze Pigeons Singing From Billboards Trees Blooming In Squares Of Dirt. The Songs Linger On Those Moments When We’re Pulled From The Ordinary To Feel Awed By Mystery Bewildered By Beauty Terrified By The Vast Unknowable Around Us Whether We Wander Through Shady Groves Or Crowded Parking Lots . Brett Sparks Who Writes The Music Draws From Medieval Melody Country-Politan String Arrangements Tin-Pan Alley Crooners And Dusty Hillbilly Records To Weave Together The Fabric Of This Record. Rennie Sparks Who Writes The Lyrics Makes Magical Realism From Polar Adventure Stories Pagan Hunting Songs And Her Own Time Spent Like Most People Riding Up Elevators Staring Out Hotel Room Windows And Driving Interstate Highways. The Entire Album Was Recorded Over A Year's Time In The Converted Garage Studio At The Back Of The Sparks' Albuquerque House. Brett Recorded It All On A Mac And A Whole Mess Of Wires Microphones And Little Metal Boxes. Alongside The Usual Guitar Bass And Drums You Will Hear Mellotrons Ukulele Banjo Bowed Wine Glasses And Trombone. Brett And Rennie The Handsome Family Have Been Married For 18 Years. In Their Live Performances The Handsome Family Are Sometimes Up To A Six-Piece Band And Sometimes Just Brett And Rennie With Or Without A Laptop Computer.
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Published: 01 Jan 2018, 12:21
In The World Of The Handsome Family It Would Appear That The Glass Is Half Full. The Only Problem Is That The Glass Is Either Upside Down Or Shattered On The Floor. Riddled With Dark And Morbid Tales Of Suburbia Murder And The Demise Of Carrying Pigeons The Baker's Dozen Offerings Seem Animal-Oriented But Still Teem With An Eerie Old-Time Country & Western Sense Of Foreboding. Although The First Track "The Snow White Diner " Seems Uplifting With Its "Layla"-Like Intro The Album Waltzes Along With Keyboards And Basic Bare-Bones Accompaniment. Particularly Pretty Is "All The TVs In Town" And The Spacy Background Of "Gravity." There Is Also A Sense Of This Being A Dysfunctional Christmas Album Exemplified By "Birds You Cannot See." The Husband And Wife Team Of Rennie Sparks On Keyboards And Singer Brett Sparks Lead The Listener Down A Lovely Yet Dark Trail Few Would Dare Tread Twice.