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[Bobzilla]

Take that, Spencer Krug/Sunset Rubdown/Swan Lake people!

FACE CONTROL is the second album by Montreal’s Handsome Furs, 2007’s Plague Park was their first. Alexei Perry and Dan Boeckner wrote the songs on FACE CONTROL together. The album was recorded and mixed by Arlen Thompson at Mount Zoomer. It was mastered by Harris Newman at Hotel2Tango. It will be released on March 10th, 2009.
1. Legal Tender
2. Evangeline
3. Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
4. (Passport Kontrol)
5. All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
6. I'm Confused
7. (White City)
8. Nyet Spasiba
9. Officer of Hearts
10. (It's Not Me, It's You)
11. Thy Will Be Done
12. Radio Kaliningrad

I have no links. But I can say having heard most of this in awesome live performance last August, there are few albums in 2009 that I am anticipating more than this one.

Jesus Christ, I wish I could directly embed the Flash gallery of photos on the Handsome Furs SubPop page. HOTT.

[Chronodiggity]

i didn't listen to Plague Park near enough to form a coherent opinion about it

i will try with this one

[brobee]

again, first album wasn't as good as it could have been, but have absolute faith in this being better.

[Simakos]

now this excites me... and those pics are pretty exciting too. Boeckner > Krug

[sunstung]

Highly anticipated. This album should be much more of straight-ahead RAWK if their live show is any indication. Loud, fuzzy, dirty rock, as sexy as those press photos.

[Hewletts Daughter]

terrible album cover still, i'm pretty stoked for this. the first HF disc was overlooked by too many people. the thing is a solid disc from start to finish. i definitely look forward to hearing this whenever it decides to rear its ugly head. until then, though, i'll probably forget all about it and be pleasantly shocked when it does pop up.

[Chronodiggity]

Boeckner > Krug

no one take this bait

[Hewletts Daughter]

I will not argue the merits of Spencer Krug in a Dan Boeckner thread

[solace]

terrible album cover


still, i'm pretty stoked for this. the first HF disc was overlooked by too many people. the thing is a solid disc from start to finish. i definitely look forward to hearing this whenever it decides to rear its ugly head. until then, though, i'll probably forget all about it and be pleasantly shocked when it does pop up.

i found it too slow initially, but the more and more i returned to it, it grew on me like no other. def was an underrated record and can't wait for this one either.

Dan has a quintessential rock voice imo.

edit: oh shit. Bob, those photos are available in hi-res under the Press column:

http://www.subpop.co...s/handsome_furs

[Simakos]

terrible album cover

but that's like their thing... horrible covers on all of their releases.

Boeckner > Krug

no one take this bait

it's true

[Chronodiggity]

those press photos are pretty nauseating

[solace]

those press photos are pretty nauseating

if by nauseating you mean giving me a huge boner.

sure.

[Simakos]

[Chronodiggity]

i feel like only old dudes are into "kinky" lingerie and all that bullshit. i've never talked to a young dude who was like, "oh, i love a woman in frilly lacy underwear." obvs boy shorts are the best female underwear. it's a product of you all being kids and being turned on by victoria's secret catalogs and racy movies while leading your relatively sheltered childhoods, while i was downloading massive amounts of hardcore pornography at 15.

[winjer]

All the new stuff sounded brilliant at the show I caught in the summer - can't wait for this. Though I also still listen to Plague Park almost weekly. Terribly underrated album.

[vurt]

i feel like only old dudes are into "kinky" lingerie and all that bullshit. i've never talked to a young dude who was like, "oh, i love a woman in frilly lacy underwear." obvs boy shorts are the best female underwear. it's a product of you all being kids and being turned on by victoria's secret catalogs and racy movies while leading your relatively sheltered childhoods, while i was downloading massive amounts of hardcore pornography at 15.

I think this is one of your most astute posts.

[Chronodiggity]

i'm going to start taking my boarding on the SOMB seriously again. watch out for more posts like that.

[Bobzilla]

If by "frilly lacy underwear" you mean that ripped, two-sizes too small t-shirt Alexei is wearing in the photo Simakos posted...umm...yeah, this old dude is into that.

[sunstung]

If by "frilly lacy underwear" you mean that ripped, two-sizes too small t-shirt Alexei is wearing in the photo Simakos posted...umm...yeah, this old dude is into that.

Alexei's boob popped out when I saw HF this summer.
Just sayin.

[Simakos]

i feel like only old dudes are into "kinky" lingerie and all that bullshit. i've never talked to a young dude who was like, "oh, i love a woman in frilly lacy underwear." obvs boy shorts are the best female underwear. it's a product of you all being kids and being turned on by victoria's secret catalogs and racy movies while leading your relatively sheltered childhoods, while i was downloading massive amounts of hardcore pornography at 15.

thank god i didn't have th internet when i was 15! scary to think how i may have turned out...

by the way, i just like here legs and ass in those photos.