Browse by Artist: FIERY FURNACES, THE

Artist:	FIERY FURNACES, THE
Title:	The End Is Near
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	THR 012.32EP

"The End Is Near is a limited edition 12" EP. Fans and critics alike have long been waiting for the Friedbergers to make their 'simple' record, as it's always been clear they had a knack for the infectious melodies and great arrangements that classic pop requires. The title track, a catchy, melancholic pop song, kicks off the single, instantly giving tantalizing affirmation that the new album I'm Going Away is set to be the most exciting, accomplished and consequently accessible album The Fiery Furnaces have ever made. A radio edit of 'Lost At Sea' and a slower version of 'Charmaine Champagne' (both album tracks in their original forms) underline the masterful melodic work of the album's new songs to breathtaking effect. 'Teddy's on Kent' is an otherwise unavailable new recording."

Artist:	FIERY FURNACES, THE
Title:	Widow City
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 189CD

"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. While the band's sixth LP, Widow City, is rooted in the Furnaces' aesthetic of challenging conventional notions of timing and song structure, the record is absolutely unlike any other LP in their expansive and brilliant repertoire. In fact, Widow City, their first for Chicago's renowned Thrill Jockey Records, features some of the finest, catchiest Furnaces compositions to date."

Artist:	FIERY FURNACES, THE
Title:	Remember
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	2CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	THR 202CD

"The Fiery Furnaces are one of the most unique experiences in live music. Remember captures the high energy, intricate complexity, amazing vocal acrobatics of Eleanor and the technical musicianship that defines a Fiery Furnaces performance. Collecting songs from their entire catalog and performances across the globe starting in 2005, Remember is a unique document. The Fiery Furnaces reconstruct and re-arrange their songs for each tour. They go to great lengths to create versions that vary greatly from the recorded versions in tempo, instrumentation and arrangements. The band go through this process for each tour, never repeating themselves, and often combining songs in a musical collage that creates a new song made up of several -- or even of bits of an entire album! These are not your mother's medleys. We know of no other band that goes to such great lengths to reinvent and re-imagine for every tour. As a result, Remember is unique as a live record. More than two hours of music appears on Remember as it appears no place else. Featuring 51 tracks, Remember is issued as a double CD in a deluxe 6-panel digipack and includes a coupon to download a bonus song." This CD is limited to 9,000 copies (perhaps the world's first with such a designation) and contain the warning "please do not attempt to listen to all at once".

Artist:	FIERY FURNACES, THE
Title:	I'm Going Away
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 220CD

"I'm Going Away is The Fiery Furnaces' eighth album. It was recorded by and mixed with Jason Loewenstein at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 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 'trad. Arranged by.' Eleanor wrote most of the lyrics; Matt wrote most of the music and also produced the album. All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. And since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that 'drama' be something more like a version of Taxi than something like a version of Titanic. We like Taxi better than Titanic anyway. So we hope that some of the songs on this record can be used as theme songs to folks' own personal versions of Taxi. Because -- ideally -- the dramatic setting of the music isn't provided by the story or image of the given act or band. It's provided by the lives of the people who use -- listen to -- the music. That is pop music's promise and problem, or danger. So be careful and don't get cancelled."

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