Live Photos: Handsome Furs at Bowery Ballroom [4.6.08]

When fans impatient for a new Wolf Parade album came out in droves to the Handsome Furs' Bowery Ballroom set, everyone seemed to get their fix. Despite singer Dan Boeckner clearly having had his, his spastic, jittery movements only detracted slightly from what ended up being a near perfect performance. Possibly even more minimal than their already bare bones album, the duo perfect their sound live; the disortion laden, simplistic riffs matched with maxed out beats of seemingly default drum machine samples are a formula they have tweaked flawless, coming off less like an electro-infused folk band than a punk guitarist fronting a rave. If you catch them on tour, don't be surprised if the Handsome Furs get you to move. Just try not to look as furtive as they do.