The Handsome Family
Founded: 1993
Location: United States
The Handsome Family is an American music duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and as of 2001 based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song "Far from Any Road" from the album Singing Bones, which was used as the main title theme for the first season of the 2014 crime drama True Detective. The band's tenth album, Unseen, was released in 2016. The band's 11th studio album Hollow, was released on September 8, 2023.
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Animal Magnetism
"Yeah, I guess I don’t want to write about things that we can just talk about. What’s the point?"
The Handsome Family Return To Australia In October
They have plenty of new material to showcase.
Album Review: The Handsome Family - Wilderness
Wilderness is an album that demands devoted listening; to disappear down the rabbit hole with these warped vignettes.
Album Review: The Handsome Family - Wilderness
Fans will love the record and the unconverted will remain so, but it is very difficult to entirely resist the charm of this album of conflicts – between nature and nurture, between the abstract and personal.
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