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Handsome Furs Asia Tour
Event Photos (By Andy Miller; Click to Enlarge)
Split Works hearts Handsome Furs. Following their immensely successful 2009 Asia Tour, we are psyched to be welcoming them back in all their synth-punky, sweat-drippy glory. Their 2nd Asian excursion will see Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and his freakishly talented wife, Alexei Perry, playing in 14 (fourteen!) cities in 6 (SIX!!!) countries.
Asia Tour #1 was gloriously mental, earning rave reviews. SmartShanghai proclaimed the Furs’ set at Yuyintang one of the city’s best gigs of 2009. The entire tour was captured by CNN, who made it into a documentary, which you can watch here. Video of the Yuyintang show here. Who knows what’ll go down during Asia Tour #2?? We’re just as excited to find out as you are. Dates below!
About Handsome Furs:
It all started back in 2005, when Dan Boeckner, frontman of Canadian indie rockers Wolf Parade locked eyes with a bewitching girl in the audience during a gig in Vancouver. That girl was short-story writer Alexei Perry, and by the end of the night, the two were kissing by the merch-table. Awww.
Planning a romantic vacation around Scandinavia, the lovers had a flash of inspiration: why not form a band, and make a European tour out of it? Nevermind that Perry had no musical training save for a few childhood piano lessons. Boeckner got on the phone with his agent and booked the tour. The couple christened themselves Handsome Furs, the title of a short story Perry was working on at the time, banged out a set list of songs in a week’s time, and Perry performed live on synths for the first time ever in Oslo.
Now signed to Subpop — the iconic label that helped engineer the success of bands including Nirvana, CSS and Death Cab for Cutie – the Furs released their first album, Plague Park, in 2007, and followed it up with 2009’s Face Control. While the inspiration for Plague Park was taken from their travels through Scandinavia, Face Control draws heavily on their recent trip to Russia. The term “Face Control” refers to bouncers at Russian nightclubs turning customers away based on their physical appearance.
So what do they sound like? Think “a synth-pop pep rally for the damned” (according to Blender). Boeckner’s well-honed guitar steez and haunting vocals and Perry’s beats combine to form sounds that are stripped-down yet complex, and straddles a line between crest-fallen and optimistic; at once bleak and soulful. Kinda like marriage.
Hong Kong – Wed. August 4th
Presented by The People’s Party
@ ROCKSCHOOL
Door time: 8 pm
Address: 2/f, 21-25 Luard Rd, Wan Chai
Price: 200HKD (door) / 150HKD (presale)
Shanghai – Fri., August 6th
@ Yuyintang
Door time: 9 pm
Address: 851 Kaixuan Lu, near Yan’an Xi Lu
Price: 120RMB (door) / 80RMB (presale)
Guest: Duck Fight Goose, Pairs
Wuhan – Sat., August 7th
@ VOX Livehouse
Door time: 9 pm
Address: 118 Lumo Lu, Lumo Rd, Hongshan District, Wuchang
Price: 50RMB (door) / 40RMB (presale)
Guest: AV Akubo
Beijing – Sun., August 8th
@ 2 Kolegas
Door time: 9 pm
Address: 21 Liangmaqiao Lu, Inside the Drive In Cinema, Chaoyang District
Price: 120RMB (door) / 80RMB (presale)
Tianjin – Tues., August 10th
@ 13 Club
Door time: 8 pm
Address: 3/F, 58 Ziyou Rd., Hebei district
Price: 30 RMB (door)
Daegu – Thu., August 12th
Busan – Fri., August 13th
Seoul – Sat., August 14th
Bangkok – Thu., August 19th
Chiang Mai – Fri., August 20th
Singapore – Sun., August 22nd
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漂亮皮草乐队(Handsome Furs)亚洲巡演
活动照片（摄影师：Andy Miller; 点击后放大)
Handsome Furs是Sub Pop旗下的一个夫妻合成器朋克乐队。他们至今发行的两张专辑，都获得了乐评界和乐迷的好评，他们的现场演出更是让人热血沸腾，就像他们的爱情一样。去年漂亮皮草乐队Handsome Furs在亚洲五个国家七场演出的亚洲巡回获得了巨大成功，甚至被CNN拍成纪录片（【原址】【优酷】）。2010年Split Works又将再次带着这支酷到让人重新定义“夫妻”这个词的乐队来到亚洲。这次的亚洲巡回将拓展到六个国家的十四个城市！
当年在温哥华的一场演出中，加拿大独立摇滚乐队Wolf Parade的主要成员Dan Boeckner的目光紧紧追随着观众中一个迷人的女孩。那个女孩叫Alexei Perry,是一个短篇小说写手。在那晚快要结束的时候，他们两个在贩卖唱片的小桌子前亲吻了对方。
在策划一个在斯堪的纳维亚半岛的浪漫假期的同时，灵感的火花在这对恋人脑中闪过：为什么不组一个乐队，然后进行一场欧洲巡演呢？Perry除了在小时候上过几节钢琴课以外没有任何的音乐训练，但这又有什么关系呢，Boeckner还是拿起电话跟他的经纪人确定了这场巡演。这一对情侣称自己为“漂亮皮草”乐队，这也是Perry当时正在写的短篇小说的题目。他们在一个星期内就列出了歌单，在奥斯陆，Perry用合成器进行了自己的处女演出。
事实是，他们一点也不糟糕。乐评界开始注意他们了。这绝对不是一个延长蜜月的借口，已婚组合漂亮皮草乐队已经受到了广泛的赞扬。他们现在已经签约于Sub Pop，一个曾经培养出Nirvana、CSS和Death Cab for Cutie的传奇厂牌。他们2007年推出了第一张专辑《Plague Park》， 随后又在2009年发行了《Face Control》。前者的灵感来源于他们在斯堪的纳维亚的旅行，而后者这个名字是指他们在俄罗斯看到夜总会的保镖因为顾客长得不怎么样，就把他们轰走了。
他们的声音听起来是如何的呢？Boeckner娴熟的吉他震音，配上他有些纠结的声音，而Perry合成器的节拍声又在删减已经形成的音效。他们在下降与上扬中跨越着那条巧妙的界线，有一种同时出现的苍凉与深情，就有点像婚姻带给你的感受一样。
2009年亚洲巡回现场演出视频：http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f3834623o1p8.html
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漂亮皮草乐队 2010年亚洲巡演日期安排：
香港
8月4日，星期三
@ ROCKSCHOOL
入场时间：晚8点
地址：湾仔卢押道21-25号及交界二楼
票价：200 港币（现场）/ 150港币（预售）
上海
8月6日，星期五
@ 育音堂
入场时间：晚9点
地址：长宁区凯旋路851号，近延安西路
票价：120元（现场）/80元（预售）
暖场嘉宾：Duck Fight Goose, Pairs
武汉
8月7日，星期六
@ VOX
入场时间：晚9点
地址：洪山区鲁磨路118号国光大厦B座
票价：50元（现场）/40元（预售）
暖场嘉宾：AV 大久保
北京
8月8日，星期日
@ 两个好朋友酒吧 (2 Kolegas)
入场时间：晚9点
地址：朝阳区 亮马桥路21号枫花园汽车电影院内
票价：120元（现场）/80元（预售）
天津
8月10日，星期二
@ 13 Club
入场时间：晚8点
地址：河北区自由道58号3楼，北安桥意大利风情街街口
票价：30元（现场）
大邱，韩国
8月12日，星期四
釜山，韩国
8月13日，星期五
首尔 ，韩国
8月14日，星期六
曼谷，泰国
8月19日，星期四
清迈，泰国
8月20日，星期五
新加坡
8月22日，星期日
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