Dan Boeckner continues to forge a more electronic path for the now three album deep Handsome Furs side project. The musicians of Wolf Parade have spawned more independent projects than practically any band I can think. They're doing laps around Eric Clapton at this point now that I remember Spencer Krugg's Moonface project which is active again. Anyway..
There's few guitars on Sound Kapital but somehow it still sounds like Handsome Furs. The increased electronics don't however make the release any more tame. Songs like "Damage" use growling synths that mimic guitar in tone and intensity. Sometimes you hardly notice. If anything the album is louder than "Face Control". The important thing about "Sound Kapital" is that by and large the songwriting still follows a rock structure, just with less guitars.
Songs to listen to first include: "bury me standing", "damage", and the very non-rock "what about us?"
Grade: A-
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