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The Handsome Family: Twilight

Rob Hughes, Uncut, October 2001

CALL IT WHAT you will – proto-country, Southern Gothic, backwoods noir, Americana, cow-punk, insurgent twang, murderous balladry, Appalachian folk. Whichever way you slice it, The Handsome Family – aka Brett and Rennie Sparks – are too dazzlingly unique to nail down.

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