[ Spunk! Records / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 14 April 2009
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Husband-and-wife duo the Handsome Family blend the sounds of traditional country and bluegrass (and, especially, murder ballads) into a more modern scenery.
Husband-and-wife duo the Handsome Family has been labelled both alt-country and traditionalist, but truthfully their often dark music lies in a unique space somewhere in between, blending the sounds of traditional country and bluegrass (and, especially, murder ballads) into a more modern scenery.
The Handsome Family's lyrics have a strong storytelling component, drawing on themes from Gothic fiction, as well as American folk music, and often involving macabre subjects as murders, suicides and ghosts.