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The Handsome Family is an alternative country and Americana duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song "Far from Any Road" from the album ''Singing Bones'', which was used as the main title theme for the first season of HBO's 2014 crime drama ''True Detective''. ==History== The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music.〔Doole, Kerry. ("For the Love of Handsome Family " ), ''Exclaim!'', May 2010.〕 Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) "The Handsome Family", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0〕 Regarding the band name, Brett said in an interview: "It's just kind of a stupid name. We used to have this really obnoxious drummer, and he used to call me 'Handsome', that was his nickname for me, I think for sarcastic reasons... And he wanted to call it the Handsome Family...and we thought it was funny, too. We thought it was a good name."〔(The Handsome Family, The Triste Interview ). ''Triste''.〕 Brett is originally from Odessa, Texas and Rennie from Long Island.〔Layne, Joslyn "(The Handsome Family Biography )", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation〕 The band toured extensively throughout both America and Europe in support of early releases ''Odessa'' (1994) and ''Milk and Scissors'' (1996).〔 During that time, Brett suffered an emotional breakdown, resulting in his hospitalization and diagnosis of bipolar disorder.〔 Their third full-length album, ''Through the Trees'', was written in the aftermath of these events, and included a song inspired by Brett's experiences in the psychiatric unit. 〔See lyrics to "My Ghost" at the (Handsome Family website. )〕 The album was recorded in 1998, using Jeff Tweedy's mobile studio,〔 and brought the band to a wider audience. It was named the "Best New Country Album of the Year" by ''UNCUT''.〔 A growing following and raised profile allowed Brett and Rennie to give up their day jobs and work on the band full-time. They toured America and Europe again in support of the 2000 album ''In the Air''.〔 That year, Rennie's book of short stories, ''Evil'', was released by Chicago publisher Black Hole Press. In 2001, they moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and released ''Twilight'', with Allmusic opining that the album leads "the listener down a lovely yet dark trail few would dare tread twice".〔MacNeil, Jason "(''Twilight'' Review )", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation〕 In 2002, they released a live album, ''Live at Schuba's Tavern'', a recording from the ''In the Air'' tour from Chicago in December 2000.〔〔 They have subsequently released the albums ''Singing Bones'' (2003), ''Last Days of Wonder'' (2006), and ''Honey Moon'' (2009) as well as the collections ''Smothered and Covered'' (2003) and ''Scattered'' (2010). The band's latest studio album, ''Wilderness'', was released in May 2013. During the band's UK and Ireland tour in early 2015, it was announced that they are currently working on a new album, set around the theme of colours, slated for a late 2015 release. The track "Far From Any Road," from the album ''Singing Bones'', was used as the main title theme song for HBO's 2014 crime drama ''True Detective'' by the show's music director, T Bone Burnett. Their songs have been covered repeatedly by musician Andrew Bird, including a full-length album of covers released in 2014, ''Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Handsome Family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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