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25. Handsome Furs, 'Sound Kapital'

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Springsteen-riffing singer-guitarist Dan Boeckner and his keyboard-humping bride Alexie Perry took inspiration from the industrial electronic sounds of ‘80s-era Eastern Europe for their latest criminally underrated synth-rock epic. Can we start calling Wolf Parade (Boeckner’s "main" band) a side-project yet? -- J.O.