Handsome Furs

The Montreal-based duo Handsome Furs formed in 2005 throughout the talents of Vancouver transplants Dan Boeckner (frontman of Wolf Parade) and Alexei Perry. The husband-and-wife group released the atmospheric Plague Recreation area in 2007, making use of drum devices and world-weary melodies to tell apart the band’s debut from Wolf Parade’s very own output. Plague Recreation area earned accolades because of its digital twist on indie rock and roll, with Rolling Rock likening the music group to “a dingy edition of the Treat rocking some hipster dive club,” as well as the developing buzz prompted Good-looking Furs’ go back to the studio room in past due 2007. Despite originally planning to trim an EP, the motivated duo recorded a whole album instead, sketching upon its latest Eastern Western european tour for lyrical cues. The causing Encounter Control was released in March 2009. Because of their 2011 follow-up, the music group considered Asian affects, and recorded Audio Kapital with just keyboards and drum devices.