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PHOTO: The Handsome Family by Jessie Littlebird

The Handsome Family—Brett and Rennie Sparks—call  themselves “Western Gothic.” They’re an alternative-country husband-wife duo laboring at the Americana doorstep for over 30 years. Jeff Tweedy and Phoebe Bridgers have covered their songs, one of which (“Far From Any Road”) was used in HBO’s True Detective. In support of their 11th album, Hollow, due next month, they’ll tour, landing in Jersey City at the White Eagle Music Hall on October 12. They’re certainly not your parents’ country duo:  “squirrels in the basement/raccoons in the walls/centipedes with stingers” is from “Skunks.”  Then there’s “Mothballs” and the eerie “Good Night” (“time for Santa to sharpen his claws/time for skin-walkers/time for the saw.”) Yeah, they get dark.

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