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- Date Released: March 13, 2006
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Carrot Top Records / Virtual
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The Handsome Family (Rennie and Brett Sparks) can't ever seem to find it in them to pair lyrics like "When automatic sinks in airports no longer see your hands/Your great journey has begun" with music that reflects their desperate urban majesty. Last Days of Wonder, their seventh full-length collection of Midwest gothic country songs, does push the envelope a tad further than their previous six releases, as Brett has invented a myriad of new ways to manipulate his trusty home computer into a limitless extension of his own creativity, but even a musical saw can lose its backwoods luster when it's being hauled on the caboose of a three-chord train to midtempo Americanaville. That said, the Handsome Family's adherence to highly literate contemporary heartbreak within an old-timey framework is what made them stand out from the crowded sea of young Gram Parsons converts in the first place -- actually, they've always seemed more late-period Johnny Cash than Parsons -- so they've more than earned the right to rest on their laurels a bit, but one can't help but think that just a little bit more spice might have elevated all of these beautiful ideas out of the trappings of their now painfully insular song structures.
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| 01. |  |
Your Great Journey |
3:13 |
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| 02. | |
Tesla's Hotel Room |
3:56 |
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| 03. | |
These Golden Jewels |
3:32 |
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| 04. | |
After We Shot the Grizzly |
3:33 |
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| 05. | |
Flapping Your Broken Wings |
3:45 |
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| 06. | |
Beautiful William |
4:22 |
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| 07. | |
All the Time in Airports |
3:43 |
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| 08. | |
White Lights |
3:36 |
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| 09. | |
Bowling Alley Bar |
2:52 |
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| 10. | |
Hunter Green |
4:29 |
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| 11. | |
Our Blue Sky |
2:59 |
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| 12. | |
Somewhere Else To Be |
3:23 |
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12 Total Tracks, 43:23 Total Length
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Credits
- David Coulter - Saw // Roger Seibel - Mastering // Brett Sparks - Engineer // Brett Sparks - Instrumentation // Sheila Sachs - Design Associate // Rennie Sparks - Banjo // Rennie Sparks - Autoharp // Rennie Sparks - Ukulele // Rennie Sparks - Vocals // Rennie Sparks - Art Compiler // Darrell Sparks - Vocal Harmony // David Gutierrez - Guitar
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