Name: Unseen
Brand: The Handsome Family

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Default:19

Supplier EU

Rough Trade

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Format detail

180 Gr.Transparent Green LP+MP3

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Limited edition

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Format Music EU

Extended format

Extended format: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Download code

Download code: Yes

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Release date

2016-09-16

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Catalogue number

VJLP229

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5029432022911

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Handsome Family

Label EU

Loose Music

Genre EU

Classic

The Handsome Family is an American alternative country and Americana band that was founded in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. They are currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Known for their unique blend of dark lyrics and haunting melodies, The Handsome Family has captivated audiences with their distinctive sound. With a career spanning over two decades, the band has released numerous critically acclaimed albums and garnered a dedicated fan base.
Their music often explores themes of love, death, and the mysteries of the natural world. Drawing inspiration from American folklore and literature, The Handsome Family's songs transport listeners to a realm where beauty and darkness coexist.

Newest Listed Items

The Handsome Family's new album 'Unseen' is their first since TV show True Detective used their song, 'Far From Any Road' as its opening theme. 'Unseen' is 10 songs by a couple both world-famous and happily invisible. Each song on the record has a guiding colour - gold, silver, green, red, white. Rennie is also a painter known for her vivid and surprising use of colour, and she finds herself painting even when her brushes are made of words. The stories of 'Unseen' are mostly inspired by real events - 'Gold' began when a bunch of twenty-dollar bills blew in Brett's face in a parking-lot dust storm. 'Gentlemen,' is a tribute to William Crookes who built the first vacuum tube in 1875, hoping to detect spirits from unseen dimensions. And 'Tiny Tina' - Rennie still hasn't seen that little horse. 'Unseen' is about the light that emanates from things we can't see - behind 'The Red Door,' in the empty hands of blackjack losers ('The Silver Light'), and amidst desert bones bleaching in the sun ('King of Dust'). The Sparks' music is steeped in the western gothic of New Mexico life. The unseen is powerful here. Nothing rusts, but entire oceans have disappeared. Ski masks mean robberies, but in the slow dive of the sun, enormous bugs awaken in thorny yards and unseen sirens and coyotes cry out to the purple sky. Just about anywhere you stand there's been some blood drawn. 2CD - Limited edition indie shop exclusive version which includes Handsome Family 'Best Of' bonus CD.LP - Limited indies only LP version is on Transparent green vinyl, and comes with a signed art print and Download plus a Handsome Family 'Best Of' bonus CD.CD - Standard Single CD Version.

Unseen

Music EU