CD Review: Face Control

Band: Handsome Furs
Release: 2009

1. "Legal Tender" - Grade: 9.6
2. "Evangeline" - Grade: 9.7
3. "Talking Hotel Arbat Blues" - Grade: 9.4
4. "(Passport Kontrol)" - Grade: 9.2
5. "All We Want, Baby, Is Everything" - Grade: 9.7
6. "I'm Confused" - Grade: 10.0
7. "(White City)" - Grade: 9.5
8. "Nyet Spasiba" - Grade: 9.5
9. "Officer of Hearts" - Grade: 9.3
10. "Thy Will Be Done" - Grade: 9.2
11. "Radio Kalingrad" - Grade: 9.3

Final Grade: 9.5 - A surefire candidate for catchiest album of the year. A lot of the sounds are specific to the electronica genre and this is a positive direction for the Handsome Furs to go in.

Song of the Day (3/24/09)

Handsome Furs "I'm Confused" from Sarah Marcus on Vimeo.