Handsome Furs' Forthcoming Face Control Firmed for March 10

There's no off-season when you're a Wolf Parade fan. Sure, the edgy Québécois combo may be on hiatus for 2009 —after releasing the mighty At Mount Zoomer last year— but the Parade forever marches on. At times like these, its members just busy themselves with their own projects.

Spencer Krug recently completed the soon-to-be-released second Swan Lake LP, Enemy Mine, and rumors abound that a fourth Sunset Rubdown album is already in the can, awaiting release late in the year. Co-WP songsmith Dan Boeckner's been busy, too.

When away from Wolf Parade, Boeckner presides over Handsome Furs, a duo he shares with his wife, Alexei Perry. The lovebirds unveiled their musical marriage —which matches Boeckner's Beck-like vox to brittle drum-machines and shrill guitar— in 2007, with Plague Park, and have now finished up a follow-up. Face Control is due for release on Sub Pop on March 10, and puts in an early claim for one of the creepiest record covers of '09.

Face Control Track List
1. "Legal Tender"
2. "Evangeline"
3. "Talking Hotel Arbat Blues"
4. "(Passport Kontrol)"
5. "All We Want, Baby, Is Everything"
6. "I'm Confused"
7. "(White City)"
8. "Nyet Spasiba"
9. "Officer of Hearts"
10. "(It's Not Me, It's You)"
11. "Thy Will Be Done"
12. "Radio Kaliningrad"

• Listen to "I'm Confused" (via The Fader)