The Handsome Family

Overview

The husband and wife duo dubbed the King and Queen of Americana, or perhaps better known as The Handsome Family, will make a return visit to New Zealand from their home in Albuquerque this October, performing at Galatos in Auckland on the 25th.

In their twenty-year career, the duo have been celebrated by the likes of Ringo Starr and Nick Cave and covered by artists such as Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Andrew Bird and Irish folk legend Christy Moore.

On their latest voyage down under the duo will play music from their catalogue spanning nine albums. Their latest Wilderness explores the little-known enigmas of the natural world: immortal jellyfish, woodpecker tongues, dancing octopi, fly royalty, the secret language of crows, and has been oddly described as a world where David Attenborough meets David Lynch in a Honky-Tonk bar at midnight.