The Handsome Family

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The Handsome Family

The Handsome Family is an American alternative country duo, the couple Brett and Rennie Sparks. They live in Albuquerque , New Mexico .

The songs are created according to a strict distribution of roles: Brett Sparks, who has already played for various independent bands, writes the music and Rennie Sparks, who is also a writer, writes the lyrics. Characteristic of her texts is the strong reference to the literary genre Southern Gothic and Gothic elements, which can also be found in classic country and folk . The often abstruse and drastic texts are performed by Brett Sparks in a calm, warm baritone.

Discography

  • Odessa (1994)
  • Milk and Scissors (1996)
  • Down in the Valley (Irish compilation of the first two CDs)
  • Invisible Hands (Vinyl EP)
  • Through the Trees (1998)
  • In the Air (2000)
  • Live at the Schuba's Tavern (2001)
  • Smoothered and Covered (2002)
  • Singing Bones (2003)
  • Last Days of Wonder (2006)
  • Honey Moon (2009)
  • Scattered (2010)
  • Wilderness (2013)
  • Unseen  (2016)

Her song Far From Any Road is the theme song for the first season of the crime series True Detective .

bibliography

  • Evil (short stories by Rennie Sparks), Black Hole Press 2000

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