I'm sure many of you are aware of this by now. Last Friday the sad news came out that Handsome Furs are no more. Finished. Over. This statement appeared on their website . "With a heavy heart the time has come to let all of you know that Handsome Furs are no more. The most important thing that needs to be said right now is how extremely grateful we are to all the fans all over the world that showered us with love and support over the years. Thank you for everything! It's been an incredible 6 years and ...

Spencer Krug is a serial collaborator. Simultaneously a member of Montreal groups Wolf People and Sunset Rubdown he also formed Canuck art-rock super-group Swan Lake with Dan Bejar of Destroyer and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes (another band that Krug used to feature in too). So it shouldn’t be a surprise that his third solo release under the Moonface moniker is not in fact a solo record but one in which he is backed by Finnish kraut-rock outfit Siinai (formed from the ashes of Joensuu 1685 ). So in response to the enquiry ‘what are you listening to?’ the answer ...

Mann im Mond Moonface ist ein Projekt von Spencer Krug (u.a. Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes). Für seine dritte Veröffentlichung hat er sich Unterstützung geholt. Das Ergebnis nennt sich "With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery" und liefert einen kosmischen Trip der Extraklasse. Mehr Rock | Pop

Spencer Krug presents his work directly. Since adopting his Moonface moniker, the ultra-prolific, increasingly nomadic Canadian singer-songwriter (formerly of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown) has used the titles of his yearly releases more as explicit labels ...

The many incarnations of Spencer Krug have eventually narrowed themselves down to just one. Krug is a prolific, multi-talented man with a noticeably high quota of music released, so it probably won’t last. But the most surprising thing here is to find Moonface as the chosen entity to carry on as an output for his work. Of the many brilliant acts Krug has been involved in – Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, to name but a few - you felt Moonface was the one that didn't quite have the legs or quality deserving of his attention and warranting another ...

Sometimes the best thing a pop songwriter can do—especially one as baroque and expansive as Spencer Krug—is to restrict himself. It might not be fair or entirely accurate to call Siinai a restriction; the Finnish band, which collaborates with Krug on his latest Moonface album, With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery , weaves an instrumental, Krautrock-inspired thrum that’s nothing short of gorgeous. But Siinai also offers Krug a relatively sparse palette, something he hasn’t had to deal with on previous releases (including those with his other sort-of-solo project, Sunset Rubdown , not to mention his best-known band, Wolf Parade ). That ...

Moonface With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery [Jagjaguwar; 2012] by Embling Rating: “And this more human love (which will fulfill itself with infinite consideration and gentleness, and kindness and clarity in binding and releasing) will resemble what we are now preparing painfully and with great struggle: the love that consists in this: that two solitudes protect and border and greet each other.” Flip through the lyrics sheet for Moonface’s new album, and you’ll find this Rilke quote prefacing the fourth song, “Quickfire, I Tried.” The quotation’s placement is curious — as is much else about the record — but its purpose ...

Why we can’t just have another Sunset Rubdown record I am not sure, but it’s Spencer Krug’s prerogative to do whatever he pleases, and as unexpected career diversions go, this is a pretty good ‘un. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

Moonface, aka Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown, has a new solo album coming out this week. As the album title - Heartbreaking Bravery - suggests,  it's lyrically themed on the torments of heartbreak with Krug's dramatic vocals set atop music from Finnish band Siinai ....

by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Moonface - "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips (MP3) Last year, Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown vocalist Spencer Krug released his debut full length under his relatively new Moonface moniker, Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped. That album...

Ex Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown member Spencer Krug has returned to producing work under his semi-solo moniker Moonface and will release new album Heartbreaking Bravery, on April 17th. He's just dropped the video for lead single 'Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips' and it's a surreal affair...

On April 17, Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown member Spencer Krug will release a new album under his  Moonface  moniker through Jagjaguwar . Recorded with Finnish band Siinai , it's called Heartbreaking Bravery . Stream the full album at the AV Club . Here's the new Marsha Balaeva -directed video for album cut "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips" , via SPIN , along with dates for the band's upcoming European and North American tour.

Moonface is the solo alias of the endlessly prolific Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Swan Lake man Spencer Krug. And someone will probably think this is sacrilege, but “Teary Eyes And Bloody Lips,” the icily synth-throbbing first single from Moonface’s new album With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (recorded with Finnish krautrockers Siinai) is easily my favorite thing that Krug [...]

Requested by babygirl • Compiled by A. Prole. 01. Weezer - “Across the Sea” (Pinkerton) 02. Neko Case - “Don’t Forget Me” (Middle Cyclone) 03. The Rolling Stones - “Moonlight Mile” (Sticky Fingers) 04. Fire">Arcade Fire - “Headlights Look Like Diamonds” (Aracde Fire EP) 05. Liars - “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack” (Drums Not Dead) 06. Sunset Rubdown - “You Go On Ahead” (Dragonslayer) 07. Neil Young - “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (” ” ” “) 08. The White Stripes - “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” (Elephant) 09. Spoon - “The Ghost of You Lingers” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga) 10. Peter Bjorn & John ...

Next week, Jagjaguwar will release With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery , the latest full-length offering from Spencer Krug's Moonface project. It's a chilly breakup album that finds the Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Frog Eyes/Swan Lake musician collaborating with Finnish,