Plague Park

Infobox Album
Name = Plague Park
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Handsome Furs


Released = May 22, 2007
Recorded = December, 2006
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 36:31
Label = Sub Pop
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfqxzq5ldje link]
*"Aversion" Rating|4|5 [http://www.aversion.com/bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=3107 link]
* "Prefix Magazine" Rating-10|7 [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/H/handsome-furs/plague-park/3037 link]
* Pitchfork Media (7.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43135-plague-park link]
* "Slant Magazine" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1131 link]
Last album =
This album = "Plague Park" (2007)
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"Plague Park" is Handsome Furs' first full-length album. Handsome Furs is Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Atlas Strategic) and his wife, Alexei Perry.

The record is named after the park Ruttopuisto, situated in Helsinki, Finland. [Radio Free Canuckistan, [http://radiofreecanuckistan.blogspot.com/2007/12/handsome-furs.html "Dan Boeckner Interview"] , December 12, 2007.] Commonly referred to as "Plague Park", the park grounds sit atop a mass grave that contains the victims of the 1710 plague. [Historical Tour in the Centre of Helsinki, [http://www.virtualhelsinki.net/helsinkipanoraama/historia/eng/vanhakirkko.html "The Old Church and the adjacent cemetery"] , helsinki.fi, retrieved January, 8, 2008.]

Track listing

#"What We Had" - 3:56
#"Hearts of Iron" - 3:35
#"Handsome Furs Hate This City" - 4:58
#"Snakes on the Ladder" - 4:30
#"Cannot Get Started" - 3:00
#"Sing! Captain" - 5:21
#"Dead + Rural" - 3:00
#"Dumb Animals" - 5:37
#"In the Radio's Hot Sun" - 2:34

Videos

* [http://www.subterraneanblog.com/2007/08/10/video-premiere-handsome-furs-cannot-get-started/ "Cannot Get Started"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LitP_0wutqc "Dumb Animals"]

References