Discography

	Odessa 1994
	Milk And Scissors 1996
	Through The Trees 1997
	In The Air 2000
	Twilight 2001
	Singing Bones 2003
	Last Days Of Wonder 2006
	In the Forest of Missing Planes 2008
	Honey Moon 2009

Welcome to The Handsome Family's fifth CD—a half-lit world of golden street lights, haunted parking lots, & invisible birds. In part, a farewell to Chicago where The Handsome Family have lived for the last twelve years. Recalls the near-darkness of night in the city where the flickering TVs & traffic lights hide the sky above. They write some of the most gripping songs in recent memory, with Rennie supplying the hypnotic lyrics and Brett the slightly quirky, classic country music. On their latest album, you hear guitar, banjo, piano, musical saw, accordion, Autoharp, and melodica as well as a mismatched array of mostly live cymbals and drums. Most combine beautiful, almost lilting melodies with lyrics that often paint modern fairy tales full of fright, despair, death, & alienation. While their trademarks are still intact, there is actually a glimmer of light in the darkness this time around. Perhaps the saddest song ever written, “Passenger Pigeons”, is now offset by songs with small rays of hope & happy nostalgia.