The Handsome Family - Honey Moon [4/14] *

Artist:

Handsome Family (The)

Description:

Personnel: Dave Gutierrez (guitar, steel guitar); Stephen Dorocke (guitar, lap steel guitar, violin); Eric Johnson (banjo); Darrell Sparks, Jason Toth (drums).
Husband-and-wife team Brett and Rennie Sparks have been working as the Handsome Family since the mid-1990s, coming on like the Gomez and Morticia Adams of alt-country. On HONEY MOON, though, things lighten up a little bit in that the deliciously doomy lyrical themes of yore are often abandoned for something more fanciful, but the overall effect is nevertheless as appealingly quirky as ever. Rennie`s songs are still full of odd, sometimes otherworldly occurrences, but there`s a lilt to them that steers things clear of the pair`s old haunts. And where Brett`s deep, husky voice was once employed strictly for how-low-can-you-go Johnny Cash-isms, the graceful melodies of HONEY MOON take him in a more actively melodic direction, simultaneously allowing him to discover more expressiveness in his singing than ever before.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Linger, Let Me Linger
2. Little Sparrows
3. My Friend
4. When You Whispered
5. Loneliness of Magnets, The
6. June Bugs
7. Thousand Diamond Rings, A
8. Love is Like
9. Petrified Forest, The
10. Wild Wood
11. Darling, My Darling
12. Winding Corn Maze, The

Album Information

Release Date:

04/14/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Carrot Top

Catalog Number:

SAKISAKI050

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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