The Handsome Family
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The Handsome Family

The Handsome Family is Brett and Rennie Sparks, a husband-and-wife duo who started making music together in Albuquerque in 1993. Their songs often feel like...

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The Handsome Family's quiet, eerie American stories.

A husband-and-wife duo whose songs wrap unsettling tales in spare, memorable melodies.

For a good sense of their world, try 'Down In The Winding Corn Maze' or 'My Beautiful Bride.' They frame the quiet, story-driven sound they've built over the years.

They've carved out a space where folk music meets the strange and dark corners of everyday life. Songs like 'Far From Any Road' and 'So Much Wine' show how they make unsettling stories feel oddly familiar. Their sound is spare and eerie, leaving room for Rennie's lyrics to breathe.

Brett and Rennie Sparks started making music together in Albuquerque in 1993. They've put out records steadily since 'Odessa' in 1994, working mostly as a duo and staying independent. Their songs, like those on the list, keep drifting toward the peculiar, one album at a time.

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The Handsome Family is Brett and Rennie Sparks, a husband-and-wife duo who started making music together in Albuquerque in 1993. Their songs often feel like short stories set to music, with Rennie writing lyrics that drift toward the strange and sometimes dark corners of everyday life. Brett builds the sound around her words with spare guitar and arrangements that leave plenty of room for the stories to breathe.

They've put out records steadily since their first album, 'Odessa,' in 1994. Songs like 'Far From Any Road' and 'So Much Wine' show their knack for wrapping unsettling tales in melodies that stick with you. The music gets called folk or Americana, but it has a quiet, eerie quality that doesn't quite fit any single category.

For years they've worked mostly as a duo, with occasional help from other musicians on recordings or tours. They've built a following by staying independent and sticking to their own peculiar vision, one album at a time.

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