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• Widow City The Fiery Furnaces are a band who like to set themselves and their listeners challenges. Multi-instrumentalist and main song-writer Matthew Friedberger seems to be constantly testing the vocal dexterity of his sister Eleanor by giving her the most convoluted and tongue-twisting lines to sing (blessed with the most perfect.

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• Explore releases from The Fiery Furnaces at Discogs. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from The Fiery Furnaces at the Discogs Marketplace. The Fiery Furnaces: Widow City (Album) The Fiery Furnaces: Ex-Guru 2 versions: Thrill Jockey.

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• In June , it was announced in The Chicago Reader that the band had signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey and their album Widow City was later released on October 9, Unlike their two previous efforts, this album lacks a central concept and has a 70s album rock feel.

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• 'Widow City' is the Fiery Furnaces album I've been waiting for. It captures the heavy rock sound of their live shows, mixes in the resourceful sonic exploration of their studio work and applies it to some fantastic new material. It's a wonderful record, albeit a demanding one/5(17).

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• Ex-Guru Lyrics: One of those blond ladies had a certain hold on me / I went to all her seminars by the airport in the Doubletree / I even let her use nephew’s seaplane in the Bahamas for free.

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• Label: Thrill Jockey - none • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Limited Edition, Numbered Gatefold • Genre: Rock • Style: Indie Rock The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City (, Gatefold, Vinyl) | Discogs Explore/5(5).

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• If one thing has become clearer since their abstract sea shanties evolved into tuneless grandmother tales, it’s that Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger don’t care about popular music. At least not the popular music of this decade, or even the last. Pick up any Fiery Furnaces record and give it a spin; you will come away with the impression that the Friedbergers are oblivious to any musical.

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• I'm Going Away is The Fiery Furnaces' eighth album and first studio record since 's Widow aniswilchandspunafeasunramadelgess.xyzinfo was recorded by and mixed with Jason Loewenstein at the end of and the beginning of in New York City. Jason also played bass and Robert D'Amico played drums. All songs were written together by Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, except for the title track, which is a traditional song.

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