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The Fiery Furnaces
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Friday Nov 20, 2009 (9pm)
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$16
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“Avant-garde sibling act The Fiery Furnaces (aka Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger), liken their latest record, I'm Going Away to music inspired by the sitcom Taxi, not the mega blockbuster Titanic. What that means most likely a two-fingered salute to their mainstream rock counterparts, although ironically I’m Going Away sounds like the band's most accessible record to date.”
Julian Hooper, Flavorpill
There are few things in life as exhilarating as a new album by The Fiery Furnaces. Establishing themselves as one of rock music’s most consistently engaging, exciting and thought-provoking bands, The Fiery Furnaces – made up of core brother-sister duo Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger – are well-versed in creating an album that manages to balance melody, originality, and a seemingly endless arsenal of instrumental ideas. Since their debut, "Gallowbird’s Bark," was released in 2003, The Fiery Furnaces have challenged the notion of what makes a song, weaving aural fragments into ten-minute-long opuses that take any number of melodic turns. Their songs often transcend categories redefining the pop song through their rapidly changing tempos and inventive sound selections- almost as quickly as Eleanor can spit out proper noun-laced lyrical gems, often so otherworldly, that they border on magical realism. The Fiery Furnaces just released "I’m Going Away," their eighth studio album, on July 21st via Thrill Jockey Records. It is an album of 70’s sunshine-glazed piano pop, filled with cascading note slides, head-nodding grooves and some of the sweetest melodies in their seemingly endless arsenal of musical ideas. Indeed, "I’m Going Away," which is easily an instant classic in the band’s expansive repertoire, is The Fiery Furnaces like you’ve never heard them before, providing amazing new insight into the work of this effortlessly innovative duo.
