The Handsome Family
Play Radio
Listen to The Handsome Family Radio,
featuring artists like Jim White, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Johnny Dowd and more…
-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
858,149 plays (71,440 listeners)
United States
The Handsome Family are an alternative-country duo from the United States, the couple Brett and Rennie Sparks who live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brett writes the music while Rennie, who also is an author, writes the lyrics. Typical for the lyrics is a close connection to the literary genre American Gothic, and Gothic elements found in early country and folk songs.
Their seventh CD, Last Days Of Wonder (June. 2006) was one of Mojo’s top ten American Albums for 2006 and called “an unqualified triumph” by Uncut. Of their sixth CD, Singing Bones, The UK’s Independent wrote, “Rarely, even in the fatalistic world of country music, has the precarious mystery of mortality been captured with such poetic grace as on Singing Bones.”
They have appeared in the movie, I’m Your Man (2005), a tribute to Leonard Cohen as well as Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004). In 2004, a reader’s poll in Mojo named The Handsome Family’s third CD, Through the Trees one of the ten essential Americana records.
Last Days of Wonder is a collection of love songs sung in airports, garbage dumps, drive-thru windows and shark-infested waters. The CD celebrates the little miraculous moments of beauty found in everyday life: a golf course shining in the rain, hanging lights bouncing in the breeze, pigeons singing from billboards, trees blooming in squares of dirt.
Their seventh CD, Last Days Of Wonder (June. 2006) was one of Mojo’s top ten American Albums for 2006 and called “an unqualified triumph” by Uncut. Of their sixth CD, Singing Bones, The UK’s Independent wrote, “Rarely, even in the fatalistic world of country music, has the precarious mystery of mortality been captured with such poetic grace as on Singing Bones.”
They have appeared in the movie, I’m Your Man (2005), a tribute to Leonard Cohen as well as Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004). In 2004, a reader’s poll in Mojo named The Handsome Family’s third CD, Through the Trees one of the ten essential Americana records.
Last Days of Wonder is a collection of love songs sung in airports, garbage dumps, drive-thru windows and shark-infested waters. The CD celebrates the little miraculous moments of beauty found in everyday life: a golf course shining in the rain, hanging lights bouncing in the breeze, pigeons singing from billboards, trees blooming in squares of dirt.
Shouts:
69 shouts
Top Albums
-
Through the Trees
The Handsome Family
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.99
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Loose Online Shop £10.00
- Amazon $10.89
- eBay Search
-
In the Air
The Handsome Family Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Loose Online Shop £10.00
- Amazon $12.30
- eBay Search
-
Honey Moon
The Handsome Family Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.99
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $11.99
- eBay Search
-
Last Days Of Wonder
The Handsome FamilyBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $11.99
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
BigBlock454 wrote:
"Through the Trees" is an amazing album.
-
enjoybellwoods wrote:
Forgot how amazing they are. I wish I hadn't given away my green octopus T-shirt. It just didn't fit very well... :(
-
MrSouljacker wrote:
The Handsome Family & many others say happy birthday to Bob Dylan: http://www.ondarock.it/speciali/dylanbirthdayeng.htm
-
HampusForever wrote:
Try buying it dude
-
epictetvs wrote:
Anyone know where I can get a rip of Last Days of Wonder?
-
silentfaerie wrote:
Amazing band! I fell in love with them after first listening! :)
-
Orange-Minz wrote:
just wanted to say that the LP arrived and is in nm condition :) strike!
-
Orange-Minz wrote:
yeah! finally found a good "Invisible Hands" LP!!!! I'm so happy...can't wait for it to arrive. Freaking awesome....this is too good to be true (hopefully it is true though). yezzzz!
-
Orange-Minz wrote:
thx for the link! sounds good!
-
Moileviola wrote:
Dutch indiefolk band made a cover of 'My Sister's Tiny Hands': http://moilevoisin.bandcamp.com/track/my-sisters-tiny-hands
-
Ursulabear wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Gothic+American,+anyone
-
radiobeatle wrote:
And on my deathbed I'll get all the answers even if all my questions are taken away.
-
Prelims wrote:
Check out Mumford and Sons! They are from London and have a really cool folk/americana sound. http://myspace.com/mumfordandsons
-
seedling wrote:
Weight loss or gain?
-
FreneticJoker wrote:
My Sister's Tiny Hands makes me really, really sad.
-
jeffbell25 wrote:
Enjoyed the Finchley, North London Show!
-
stellarrrr wrote:
linger , let me lingerrr
-
radiobeatle wrote:
I set the woods to burning, and choked the river up with stones.
-
sentry_now wrote:
This band is really in the business of presenting stellar imagery.
-
natureofghosts wrote:
Great storytellers with a delicious sense of humor.
Videos
-
Play
Handsome Family -Amelia Earhart…
-
Play
Giant Of Illinois
1 shout
-
Play
Down in the Ground
2 shouts
-
Play
Stalled
Events
-
May
16
The Handsome Family
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, United Kingdom
1 going
- May 17 The Handsome Family St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, United Kingdom
-
May
19
The Handsome Family
Spring & Airbrake, Belfast, United Kingdom
3 going
News
sea monsters
17 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thehandsomefamily
All good wishes to you, dear friends. Herein find a sampling
of sea monsters sighted while kayaking around Handsome Family
Lagoon as well as our latest tour dates and two of my paintings
…
-
sea monsters
17 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thehandsomefamily -
6 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thehandsomefamily -
6 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thehandsomefamily
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
burgessp10
Top Listener
-
GerdaWim777
Top Listener
-
michaelpratt
Top Listener
-
crazymadgirl
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
NewsRadiohead, SickDeathCity, indianrockpark and 1 other person added The Handsome Family to their libraries. Thursday evening
-
ToshBennings tagged The Handsome Family with southern gothic, folk, americana and one other tag. Tuesday evening
-
RaeannThomas, DashboardVirgil and theok2 added The Handsome Family to their libraries. Monday morning
-
jackrhelliwell added The Handsome Family to the lineup of The Handsome Family at Brudenell Social Club. last week
-
audemus, adevoce, Jigwally and 9 other people added The Handsome Family to their libraries. last week
-
ayatollah_olive, BirthOfSerpents and Angieyayaya added The Handsome Family to their libraries. last month
-
ayatollah_olive tagged The Handsome Family with illinois and chicago. last month
-
exocentrical tagged The Handsome Family with southern gothic, folk and alt-country. last month
-
kpnfibre added The Handsome Family to kpnfibre’s library. last month
-
red__shoes added The Handsome Family to the lineup of The Handsome Family at 100 Club. last month
Related Journals
-
top charts of 2011
by Lord_Krichian |
31 Dec 2011
-
One Song. Each day. Every day. (2011)
by lassaucepan |
2 Jan 2011
| 13 comments
-
45,000th track + stats
by jessichaos |
16 Oct 2010
Groups (24)
-
Those Poor Bastards
79 members
-
Blue Highways
30 members
-
God-damned Country
188 members
-
folk noir
1,507 members
-
Quiet Music Should Be Played Loud: A group for people who like quiet songs and loud…
1,063 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
