After seeing The Handsome Furs perform twice in the span on 30 days, this analyst is confident that the duo's success should last well into a sophomore album. Lead singer, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade fame, is the band. His wife, Alexei Perry, allows for the Furs to be plural, but merely pushes buttons on a synth machine and dances in orgasmic fashion, all the while taking cues from her better half.
At a recent show in NYC, Alexei interrupted Dan in the middle of a story he was telling to the packed house. The more "handsome" fur shot a look at her that, if audible, would of said "bitch its bad enough I've got to tour the country with my you in tow, but now you are trying to steal my thunder in front of New York Fucking City? Get your ass back over there and hit start on your little iPod and leave the speaking to me."
Despite the strange on stage relationship, The Furs 2007 release, Plague Park, is highly listenable, especially if you love the songs the Dan fronts for Wolf Parade. Live, The Handsome Furs provide an intense rock show filled with sweat, spit, cigarettes and plenty of beer -- just as rock should be. A highlight of both the live show and album is the track "Dead + Rural," which Dan says is a reference to his hometown of Lake Cowichan, British Columbia where he grew up or Victoria where he later lived.
Stubb & Flask upgrades The Handsome Furs to a Buy and upgrades any Wolf Parade side project band; including Sunset Rubdown, Johnny and The Moon and Frog Eyes as well.
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