In the Air (The Handsome Family album)

In The Air
Studio album by
Released2000
Genre
Length37:03
LabelCarrot Top / Loose Music
The Handsome Family chronology
Down in the Valley
(1998)
In The Air
(2000)
Twilight
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Spin8/10
Village VoiceA−
Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

In The Air is the fifth album released by the American band the Handsome Family. It was released in 2000 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe) and comes as an enhanced audio CD with an additional video for the song "Amelia Earhart vs. The Dancing Bear," from Milk and Scissors (directed by Bill Ward).

Los Angeles Times critic Randall Roberts praised the "tender urgency" and "morbid wit" of the song "So Much Wine”, calling it "a little pearl of destruction" and "the perfect introduction to the Family’s world."