New Handsome Furs Songs - Wolfe Island Music Festival 2008

Handsome Furs unveil a set with 80% new material

Well this may be a little late, but I got my hands on a bootleg of Handsome Furs' Wolfe Island '08 set, and it's pretty sweet. The recording is a little distorted (apparently low battery on the mic), but you get the picture how sweet this new album is going to be. As Dan stated in the intro, "We're going to play a bunch of songs that we've never played for anyone before." The set kicks off with the foot-stomping, speaker melting "Legal Tender" which sounds even better than it did in Seattle o tour-opener. "Year Zero" follows next (not to be confused with NIN's), which is another quality live track. The whole set is fantastic, even with some technical difficulties during the last half of the show. Closing the night off, the band finished with incredibly catchy "Radio Kaliningrad" (formerly titled "Radio and the Heart" on my April show review). Hopefully now, Sub Pop will decide to release the album soon.

Setlist:
"Legal Tender"*
"Year Zero"*
"Snakes on the Ladder"
"Heaven"*
"Evangeline"*
"Office of Hearts"*
"Spasiba"*
"Dead + Rural"
"Thy Will"*
"Radio Kaliningrad"*

* New Song (set for release on Face Control)

Listen for yourself: Wolfe Island Music Festival 2008 (Handsome Furs set)

-Much thanks to rgsc at the forums for the recording and upload.