what we had

Handsome Furs

We've been listening to the Handsome Furs' new LP, Plague Park, all week, and it's really starting to get under our skin. Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and his fiancee Alexei Perry have crafted a uniquely dark and sad record that (not unlike Wolf Parade) manages to remain both distant and totally affecting. Here's the album's amazing lead track, "What We Had," which the band has made available for download on their myspace page:

mp3:
Handsome Furs What We Had

We've also been digging "Dumb Animals," despite (or maybe because of) this incredibly creepy, fucked up video:

Plague Park comes out on Sub Pop on May 22.

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elsewhere:

Hot Chip is playing in Dallas at the Granada tonight. We've never had the chance to see them live, so we're pretty excited about it.