Handsome Furs
Handsome Furs were an indie rock band which formed in 2005 in Montreal, Que… Read Full Bio ↴Handsome Furs were an indie rock band which formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consisted of Dan Boeckner (vocals, guitar) and his wife, Alexei Perry (keyboards, vocals). Boeckner is also a member of the bands Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic. Handsome Furs have released three albums on Sub Pop: "Plague Park" (2007), "Face Control" (2009) and "Sound Kapital" (2011).
The band's name comes from the title of a short story that Alexei was writing at the time of band's conception.
Plague Park was released on May 22, 2007. Songs of earthbound captains, eggs made of gold and iron, and sleepless bodies have been 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 before 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.
In a December 2007 interview, Dan revealed that Handsome Furs are in the writing stages of a new full-length album, titled Face Control: "When Alexei and I got back from Russia we were going to do an EP, but we’re also going to do a full album of new songs because we have so many. It’s going to be different than the last record... The last one was so intense and heavy in one direction that we wanted to do something different..." The inspiration behind Face Control involves a peculiar aspect of club culture they observed while on tour in Eastern Europe: if party goers wish to reserve a table at a bar in Moscow, they must pay large sums of money through PayPal or with cash; however, their seat is still not guaranteed - bouncers have the authority to turn reserved patrons away from the bar based solely on appearance, which has been coined "face control".
New songs were showcased during Handsome Furs spring tour, including the song titles: "Officer of Hearts", "Heaven", "Legal Tender", and "Radio Kaliningrad". On November 12, 2008, Sub Pop records announced that Handsome Furs second album Face Control will be released February 3, 2009. Also reported was the album's complete track listing, which includes twelve tracks.
Later the release date was pushed back to March 10: a New Order song is referenced in the track 'All We Want, Baby, Is Everything' and the band needed to legally clear it with New Order.
They split in May 2012.
The band's name comes from the title of a short story that Alexei was writing at the time of band's conception.
Plague Park was released on May 22, 2007. Songs of earthbound captains, eggs made of gold and iron, and sleepless bodies have been 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 before 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.
In a December 2007 interview, Dan revealed that Handsome Furs are in the writing stages of a new full-length album, titled Face Control: "When Alexei and I got back from Russia we were going to do an EP, but we’re also going to do a full album of new songs because we have so many. It’s going to be different than the last record... The last one was so intense and heavy in one direction that we wanted to do something different..." The inspiration behind Face Control involves a peculiar aspect of club culture they observed while on tour in Eastern Europe: if party goers wish to reserve a table at a bar in Moscow, they must pay large sums of money through PayPal or with cash; however, their seat is still not guaranteed - bouncers have the authority to turn reserved patrons away from the bar based solely on appearance, which has been coined "face control".
New songs were showcased during Handsome Furs spring tour, including the song titles: "Officer of Hearts", "Heaven", "Legal Tender", and "Radio Kaliningrad". On November 12, 2008, Sub Pop records announced that Handsome Furs second album Face Control will be released February 3, 2009. Also reported was the album's complete track listing, which includes twelve tracks.
Later the release date was pushed back to March 10: a New Order song is referenced in the track 'All We Want, Baby, Is Everything' and the band needed to legally clear it with New Order.
They split in May 2012.
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Handsome Furs Lyrics
"Evangeline" Her dress was dark and clean, And how did you…
(White City) I hear that water run to & fro' I hear that…
All I Want Baby Is Everything Heaven was a place we built out of stone Just like…
Bury Me Standing When I feel like an animal When I'm sitting staring at…
Cannot Get Started When in the prop of the morning With the traffic and…
Cheap Music I was standing by the speaker When my sound came And my…
Damage All week it was raining in the capital We had to…
dead rural I will return there I will return there To a dead and…
Dead + Rural I will return there I will return there To a deal and…
Dumb Animals Oh how you're so pretty Paint my baby's face over your…
Evangeline Her dress was dark and clean And how did you get…
Handsome Furs Hate This City Woke up with blankets in buildings with jaws Stuck to the…
Hearts of Iron Six eggs will go And one was iron That broke them all And…
i'm confused I saw their lights on the boulevard My blood like water,…
Legal Tender Don't want to hear about the weight of the world In…
Memories of the Future Well I don't remember sleeping in the hall And I don't…
No Feelings Oh, up with the morning, half with a photo cup I…
Nyet Spasiba Darkness fell Feeling restless inside the hotel But I let …
Officer of Hearts If you wade across the water I will walk the frozen…
Radio Kaliningrad You are my own invention My home on the other side On…
Radio's Hot Sun The When you were small and crawled out the river We thought…
Repatriated Where did the future go? I was feeling down, I was…
Serve the People Dogs in the capital howling at dawn Someone's driving by wi…
Sing! Captain There's a town, just a little town Raining cloud, a hollow…
Snakes On the Ladder He knows your name, boy You'll write it down Under bridges i…
Talking Hotel Arbat Blues We were standing in the center of the occupation Caught betw…
The Radio's Hot Sun When you were small and crawlin' out the river We…
Thy Will Be Done White lines on the kitchen table White lines knocked down on…
What About Us Well they're an army of thieves, they've got everything they…
What We Had It's cold A plain diamond Nobody's here, just empty space It…
When I Get Back When I get back, when I get back home I won't…