In The Air is a Country album by The Handsome Family, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
About
If their last album, Through the Tree, came to us from the darkness at the bottom of a well (or a liquor bottle), In the Air is the sound of the Handsome Family after they made it out of the depths and up onto the grass -- and are now adjusting to a less desperate life. Not to say that it's sunny. Lyricist Rennie Sparks still presents us with dark and bloody tragedie, as well as whimsical fairytales about lonely, but hopeful figure. The difference between In the Air and the Handsome Family's last album seems to be the presence of a calm (as opposed to disturbed restraint) and a certain warmth pervading this album. Brett Sparks' vocal delivery comes across as more relaxed and natural and in lieu of the occasional, creepy vocal effects used on the last album. The colorful, sad, and disturbed scenes are often delivered with a country flavor and a folk instrumentation, and include songs that are the rightful offspring of Appalachian murder ballad, such as "My Beautiful Bride" and "Up Falling Rock Hill," and southern hymns ("Never Grow Old"). The Handsome Family's songs are imbued with a tender romanticism and love of the fantastic -- and of a world that, for all it's real twists and sadne, still holds moments of childlike wonder and magical possibilitie. .
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Tracklist
- 1Don’t Be Scared2:39
- 2The Sad Milkman3:39
- 3In the Air3:30
- 4A Beautiful Thing3:39
- 5So Much Wine3:48
- 6Up Falling Rock Hill2:57
- 7Poor, Poor Lenore3:41
- 8When That Helicopter Comes2:32
- 9Grandmother Waits for You3:50
- 10Lie Down3:30
- 11My Beautiful Bride3:15
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- warm
- mournful
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brett SparksGUITAR, OTHER , AUTOHARP, ACCORDION, MELODICA, MANDOLIN, OTHER MUSIC BY, PERFORMER , VOCALS PERFORMER , VOCALS
- Rennie SparksAUTOHARP, VOCALS LYRICS BY, AUTOHARP, VOCALS LYRICS BY, PERFORMER
- Andrew BirdVIOLIN
- Darrell SparksBACKING VOCALS GUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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