The Handsome Family Brett Sparks Albuquerque The Handsome Family’s greatest gift lies in its tremendous talent for painting vivid, sometimes terrifying pictures with every word— NPR The Handsome Family’s absorbing vision of decay and entropy is quietly unsettling,and makes most other modern roots music seem like child’s play—MOTHER JONES Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing...Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the Appalachian voice — GREIL MARCUS As songwriters it’s the eerie, ancestral voice of ‘Anonymous’ they ultimately resemble the most —CHICAGO READER Through the Trees (1998)—10 essential Americana records of all time — MOJO In the Air (2000) —One of the most important records of the 21st century — UNCUT “Weightless Again”—100 best songs ever written about heartbreak— THE GUARDIAN, UK The Handsome Family’s tracks Strawberry Moon by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:52:55Z The Oldest Water by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:52:07Z Shady Lake by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:51:58Z Mothballs by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:51:57Z Two Black Shoes by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:51:33Z Invisible Man by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:50:56Z Good Night by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:50:39Z To the Oaks by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:50:20Z The King Of Everything by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:50:46Z Skunks by The Handsome Family published on 2023-04-24T19:50:00Z