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- Summary: Handsome Furs is a side project for Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner, who is joined by his fiancee Alexei Perry and Wolf Parade drummer Arlen Thompson.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Under The RadarThe small moments are the most memorable. [Summer 2007, p.80]
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It’s the lyrics that truly standout.
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It's almost as if, released from the role of playing less weird anchor to Spencer Krug's art rock savant, Boeckner's figured out how to maximize and expand what he does best.
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At their best, though, Handsome Furs do for the disaffected what the Postal Service did for sentimental Death Cab cuties: they deliver more of something not quite the same.
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Where Wolf Parade dips into more than their fair share of upbeat, even disco beat-driven, music, Handsome Furs instead pull back and strip down their songs.
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Plague Park’s nine tracks seem to be over before they reach their potential. The record gets better as it progresses, and successive listens reveal more interesting facets to the songwriting.
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UncutOverall the record has the pleasantly hobbyish but inessential air of a gap year vanity project. [Jul 2007, p.103]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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May 8, 2016
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ErikH.Jun 22, 2007Remarkably consistent throughout. Highlights: What We Had, Dead + Rural, and The Radio's Hot Sun
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RogerJMay 25, 2007even better than wolf parade!!!!!
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MarleneAug 2, 2007
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sfJun 27, 2007
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ChristianHMar 4, 2009All songs save Dumb Animals are easy to listen to continuously. I love this CD.
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ChrisWApr 13, 2010it's merely OK. It's not horrible and it's not great....it just sort of is.
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