Unseen

Unseen, with its unique mix of country instrumentation and intriguing surrealist lyricism, explores the unseen stories, people and places of the American west, where The Handsome family live - in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is husband and wife duo Rennie and Brett Sparks' 10th album. 'Unseen' continues The Handsome Family's embrace of things beyond easy view: the slow dive of the sun, enormous bugs awakening in thorny yards, sirens and coyotes that cry out to the purple sky. 'Unseen', an epic western gothic masterpiece, draws from real life events. 'Gold' began when a bunch of twenty-dollar bills blew in Brett's face in a parking-lot dust storm. 'Gentlemen', is a tribute to William Crookes who built the first vacuum tube in 1875, hoping to detect spirits from unseen dimensions. Many tracks fix around the idea that light that emanates from things we can't see - behind "The Red Door," in the empty hands of blackjack losers ("The Silver Light"), and amidst desert bones bleaching in the sun ("King of Dust").