Thursday 6 November 2008

The Handsome Family - In The Air


There's nothing at all wrong with this. A brilliant slice of what would appear, on a casual listen, to be fairly straight-up country. A more intent ear reveals a twisted, dark humour throughout. Brett Sparks has an amazingly smooth baritone, and the pair of them (wife Rennie makes two) are pretty damn fine musicians. Buy this now.

"Darling can't you see? It's only human to want to kill a beautiful thing." 

"Listen to me, butterfly. There's only so much wine you can drink in one life, but it will never be enough to save you from the bottom of your glass."

(Sounds better in a baritone country twang than it looks on screen).

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