- Handsome Furs
Infobox musical artist
Name = Handsome Furs
Img_capt = Handsome Furs (from left: Alexei Perry andDan Boeckner ) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 11, 2007.
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Origin =Montreal, Canada
Genre =Indie rock
Years_active = 2007–present
Label =Sub Pop
Associated_acts =Wolf Parade Atlas Strategic
URL = [http://www.subpop.com/artists/handsome_furs Official website]
Current_members =Dan Boeckner : Vocals, Guitar
Alexei Perry: Synth, Drum Machine
Past_members =Handsome Furs is an indie rock band fromMontreal ,Canada . The band is comprised of husband/wife duoDan Boeckner , fromWolf Parade andAtlas Strategic , and short story writer, Alexei Perry. The band signed on toSub Pop Records in late 2006, and released their first full-length album, "Plague Park ", in 2007.The band's name comes from the title of a short story that Alexei was writing at the time of band's conception. [Blake Gillespie, [http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/index.php?s=drunks "Interview: Handsome Furs"] , "Impose Magazine", May 17, 2007.]
In a December 2007 interview, Dan revealed that Handsome Furs are in the writing stages of a new full-length album, tentatively called "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..."Radio Free Canuckistan, [http://radiofreecanuckistan.blogspot.com/2007/12/handsome-furs.html "Dan Boeckner Interview"] , December 12, 2007.] 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 to 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: "Office of Hearts", "Heaven", "Legal Tender", and "Radio Kaliningrad". [YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuAgjy85l8 "Office of Hearts"] , North Star Bar, Philadelphia, April 4, 2008.]
Personnel
* Dan Boeckner: vocals, guitar, drum machine
* Alexei Perry: Synth, drum machineDiscography
* "
Plague Park " (2007) -Sub Pop Records
* "Face Control" (2008; pending) - Sub Pop RecordsReferences
External links
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* [http://subpop.com/artists/handsome_furs Sub Pop Records website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/handsomefurs Handsome Furs] onMySpace
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/41664-dan-boeckner-talks-wolf-parade-handsome-furs Pitchfork Media interview]
* [http://atlas.nonstuff.com/handsomefurs/index.html Furs fansite]
* [http://www.fabchannel.com/handsome_furs_concert Handsome Furs live concert video at fabchannel.com]
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