ARTIST: Handsome Furs
TITLE: Plague Park
LABEL: Subpop
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 36:36 min
SIZE: 48,5 MB
RIP DATE: Apr-10-2007
RELEASE DATE: May-22-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. What We Had 03:57
02. Hearts Of Iron 03:36
03. Handsome Furs Hate This City 04:59
04. Snakes On The Ladder 04:30
05. Cannot Get Started 03:00
06. Sing! Captain 05:21
07. Dead + Rural 03:01
08. Dumb Animals 05:37
09. The Radio's Hot Sun 02:35
Release Notes:
The duo of Handsome Furs began as an idea in the
winter of 2006, comprised of Vancouver residents Dan
Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and his fiance, 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 struggles with
staunch realism as a restless disdain for both urban
life and smaller towns collide. Handsome Furs toured
Europe before writing any songs. They have since
opened for the likes of David Cross and Modest Mouse
before releasing 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 roaming between city and
country, and made for ears of either side.