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Wilderness (Album) by The Handsome Family
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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, 14:12
Wilderness The Tenth Long-Player From The New Mexico-Based Husband-And-Wife Team Of Brett And Rennie Sparks The Handsome Family Lives Up To Its Ecological Moniker With A 12-Track Set That Invokes Both Nature And Nurture With An Emphasis On The Shady Bits In Between. Once Again Brett Handles The Melody Side Of Things While Rennie Conjures Up The Stories And Oh What Diabolical Tales They Are. Each Song Is Named For A Beast Bird Amphibian Reptile Or Insect And Like A Kafka Short Story Or A Michael Sowa Painting They Occupy That Strange Ill-Defined Moment Between A Particularly Vivid Dream And The Cruel Bleat Of The Alarm Clock. Standout Cuts Like The Galloping Beatlesque "Octopus " The Funereal "Glow Worm " And The Remarkably Affecting "Wildebeest " The Latter Of Which Compares The Death Of Stephen Foster The Oft-Cited Father Of American Music Who Bashed His Head Against A Water Basin In A Fit Of Fever And Later Died From Infection To A Crocodile-Savaged "wildebeest Gone Crazy With Thirst Pulled Down As He Tried To Drink " Feel Less Like The Warm Composed Bedroom Country-Folk Hymns That They Are And More Like The Vision Quest-Induced Fever Dreams Of A Modern Day Carlos Castaneda Chasing A Particularly Elusive Spirit Animal.