Friday, June 5, 2009
Tonight / Love Tonight: Handsome Furs!
Posted by Eric Grandy on Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM
So stoked for this show tonight! Husband/wife duo Handsome Furs' latest album, Face Control, is just unassailably awesome, and I predict their live show will match. Mortal Enemy Blogger Andrew Matson has posted a pretty great interview with Handsome Furs frontman Dan Boeckner; the best bit:
I understand the significance, based on reading from the internet, of the Face Control title, but is there any special significance to the line that references it from "Hotel Arbat Blues"?Yeah, it's kinda dorky, but, we were in Moscow and we had been face controlled at a buffet.
You were not handsome enough to eat at a buffet?
No. And it was in the middle of the day. And I just thought, 'This is a culture where the capitalism has gone haywire. Totally out of control. This is hypercapitalism, the idea that there's a status involved in being able to scoop some greasy perogis out of a steam table.'
There's also a lot about drum machine and synth sounds!
Handsome Furs play Neumos tonight with Cinnamon Band and Feral Children, 8pm, $15, 21+.
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