Did they hate Amsterdam?

Like Sid and Nancy as musicians, that's how the husband and wife duo of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry came across to me yesterday. Armed with boredom and discontent Handsome Furs charmed the audience and with the constant battle between his guitar and her raw syth-beats they grabbed our attention. A constant battle is also the theme of their record Plague Park. The battle between hating the city ('Handsome Furs Hate this City') but also hating the small towns ('Dead + Rural').

With all this boredom, discontent, battling and hating I would've expected a less charming duo. Not so.


Handsome Furs - What We Had (mp3)

Handsome Furs - Handsome Furs Hate This City (myspace)

Handsome Furs - Dumb Animals (video)