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Handsome Furs

Handsome Furs turns up in 4 melophobe posts between August 2009 and July 2011.

Songs we posted

  1. All We Want Baby Is EverythingSpotify Apple YouTube
  2. What About UsSpotify Apple YouTube

Fifty-word review

Face Control

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Face Control churns within the tensions between answer and question, avoiding reassuring resolution in favor of Dan Boeckner’s restless guitars and frayed vocals menacingly pacing around Alexei Perry’s hollow, post-postindustrial synthesizers. This sophomore effort should put to rest the notion that Handsome Furs are a mere Wolf Parade side project.

Reminds us of Springsteen at his most urgent | government housing | and ok, yes, Wolf Parade . . . but only a little
By Daniel Couch, August 14, 2009

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