the handsome family

Thursday, 7th October, a day like any other day. Another lazy morning. Outside is neither hot nor cold, there are some clouds, nothing worth mentioning. Half slept I stretch my arm and pick a CD almost randomly: Twilight by The Handsome Family.
It had been a while. Years even.
It begins with the utterly curious "The Snow White Diner", what could be an American cover of Sisa's "Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol", at least when it comes to the lyrics. "I'm eating hashbrows in the Snow White diner", despite the dark turn of "outside the crowd is growing, waiting by the drawbridge hoping to see the dead woman's face". And the song is good. One of those that grow in you. Slowly. Step by step. Quietly. A bed time story sang close to your ear.
And Twilight evolves discreetly until it finishes with the vindicative song "Peace in the Valley once again". Vindicative, of course, on their particular way, that is, no catchy slogans, colourful flags or banners with old messages. No. They ask for a return to nature, they demand the closure of all the shopping malls and to give back to the animals what once was theirs, "rabbits hopped along the floors (...) mourning doves built their nests on the escalator steps", yes, and then, finally, the peace will come back to the valley once again.
And it doesn't matter if they are naïve, if they tend towards a neo-hippy-folky-naturedriven mentality, they are the best antidote for my boring morning.