I really enjoyed the interview I did with Dan from Handsome Furs last week, when I met Dan after the show in Whelan’s he said he really enjoyed it too. Nice down to earth guy, hopefully, the next time himself and Alexei are in town I’ll be able to sit down with them and have a good auld face to face chat.
I covered the Whelans show for Goldenplec. Give it a goo…
Over the past year, I’ve got to chat to some interesting bands in interesting places. When I managed to catch up with Dan Boeckner from Handsome Furs, he, along with the rest of his touring group were travelling from Tahoe in Nevada to Boise, Idaho.
Phone coverage in mountains isn’t good though and it took a three phone calls to get things going. When they did, Dan freely chats about touring and being in a band with his wife Alexi Perry. He also reveals his Irish heritage and his memories of Whelans.
There are a couple of things that automatically come to mind when talking about Handsome Furs, the first is the very noticeable chemistry yourself and Alexia have. It comes across musically and visually. If you weren’t a couple would you still have that visual element?
‘I think they only thing that might not happen is that we might not occasionally kiss on stage. I think Alexia and I are both from the same school of performing which is a 100%, un-self aware full body performance. Just speaking for myself, maybe it’s because I grew up listening to The Clash and punk rock and watching videos on Canadian MTV of Iggy Pop and Clash playing and being like ‘That’s how you play music! That’s how you project to people’ I think if we weren’t a couple the energy would still be there, on stage, we might not smooch, occasionally.’