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In the Last Days of Wonder When Spirits Still Flew |
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| Location: | ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 21, 2008 (112 days back) |
About Me |
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| CLICK THIS ITUNES LINK TO DOWNLOAD OR SAMPLE OVER ONE HUNDRED OF OUR SONGS... .. The Handsome Family Add to My Profile | More Videos Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing...Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the Appalachian voice — GREIL MARCUS As songwriters it's the eerie, ancestral voice of ‘Anonymous’ they ultimately resemble the most —THE CHICAGO READER This is music that moves forward by turning the clock back— haunting, primal and strangely heroic —THE LONDON TIMES Dark, elemental, mischievous and mournful —MOJO THE HANDOME FAMILY is Brett and Rennie Sparks who live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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. The songs linger on those moments when we’re pulled from the ordinary to feel awed by mystery, bewildered by beauty, terrified by the vast unknowable around us (whether we wander through shady groves or crowded parking lots). Brett Sparks, who writes the music, draws from medieval melody, country-politan string arrangements, tin-pan alley crooners, and dusty hillbilly records to weave together the fabric of this record. Rennie Sparks, who writes the lyrics, makes magical realism from polar adventure stories, pagan hunting songs and her own time spent (like most people) riding up elevators, staring out hotel room windows, and driving interstate highways. The entire album was recorded over a year's time in the converted garage studio at the back of the Sparks' Albuquerque house. Brett recorded it all on a Mac and a whole mess of wires, microphones and little metal boxes. Alongside the usual guitar, bass and drums you will hear mellotrons, ukulele, banjo, bowed wine glasses, and trombone. Brett and Rennie (The Handsome Family) have been married for 18 years. In their live performances The Handsome Family are sometimes up to a six-piece band and sometimes just Brett and Rennie with (or without) a laptop computer.Rennie will answer all questions posted to her here (messages sent not comments) by consulting her bag of chicken bones and/or breaking a raw egg open in a crystal goblet. |
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Music:Member Since: 10/14/2004Band Website: handsomefamily.com Band Members: Husband and wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks. Brett Sparks: Vox, music, guitars. Rennie Sparks: Words, vox, bass, melodica. Sometimes, brother Darrell Sparks: Drums, vox and super special guests: Stephen Dorocke, David Coulter Influences: Gentleman Jim Reeves, Hank Williams, Cole Porter, John Cage, Howe Gelb, noises in basements, John Coltrane, strangers at crossroads, abandoned graveyards, George Jones, stray dogs, hissing cats, Lithium Carbonate (1800mg daily), old men in windbreakers, old ladies in polyester turbans, the clenched fists of small children, Harry Smith and his ilk Sounds Like: A little bit creepy and a little bit country. DOWNLOAD OR PREVIEW TONS OF OUR SONGS THROUGH THIS ITUNES LINK .. Record Label: CarrotTop:USA, Loose:Europe (Independent: Ireland) Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Gothic / Country / Folk) |
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handsome family don bathing costume |
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| Hello again, far-flung friends... The sparrows are singing in Albuquerque and the contrails linger in turquoise blue sky. We have just returned from a Caribbean cruise with The Barenaked Ladies and t... Posted by The Handsome Family on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:42:00 PST |
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frog pies /tour dates |
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| Hello again my faraway friends, Today we discuss a delightful 17TH CENTURY DINNER PARTY as well as all news big and small regarding THE HANDSOME FAMILY... To delight and amaze your guests make the l... Posted by The Handsome Family on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:49:00 PST |
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woodpecker tongues, handsome family doings |
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| A salute to BIRD LOVERS and friends of THE HANDSOME FAMILY...Can you hear the tap-tap-tapping from the old box elder tree in the early dawn? 'Tis the woodpecker hammering with his mighty beak. He chis... Posted by The Handsome Family on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:24:00 PST |
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salamander fire |
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| This evening we discuss the mysterious SALAMANDER as well as HANDSOME FAMILY tour dates and other ephemera... It's true that the Salamander superficially resembles the lizard, but it is easily distin... Posted by The Handsome Family on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:16:00 PST |
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bad witches, paintings, tour dates |
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| On Sep 15, 2006, at 12:26 PM, The Handsome Family wrote: Autumn Friends, Yes, we all love the helpful cunning woman (smiling from the window of her gingerbread house, healing broken bones with a tou... Posted by The Handsome Family on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:23:00 PST |
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vive la revolution |
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| AWAKE SLEEPWALKERS! Revolution is upon us! The ANIMAL KINGDOM begins organized attacks against MANKIND! Read on and be forewarned (as well as learn of the latest doings from THE HANDSOME FAMILY)... N... Posted by The Handsome Family on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:55:00 PST |
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Fool's Parsley... |
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| Garden of Green Delights and A New CD...The Greeks adorned their tombs with parsley wreaths for the plant was said to have sprung from the blood of the baby, Archemorus (literally, forerunner of death... Posted by The Handsome Family on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:48:00 PST |
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dance of the bubbles, the future revealed! |
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| Hello again my mysterious friend,Herein find The Dance of the Bubbles as well as the latest News and Tour Dates for THE HANDSOME FAMILY. Be bold, gentle reader and continue...A Graceful Ballet across ... Posted by The Handsome Family on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:19:00 PST |
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new paintings/ old hafiz |
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| Hello friends far, wide, and vibrating close to invisibility...
Some new doings in HANDSOME FAMILY world--
PAINTINGS: I have four new paintings for sale on our website. Art lovers take a look:
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ye goode wife's housewivery... |
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| GENTLE READER, may this letter find you hale with good appetite. Find below many healthful tonics for fevers of the brain, bone, and blood as well as the latest doings of THE HANDSOME FAMILY...
Oct... Posted by The Handsome Family on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:54:00 PST |
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