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The Fiery Furnaces
Gallowsbird’s Bark
(Rough Trade, 2003)
Junkshop garage-prog oddballs deliver their most satisfying record at first attempt.
On their arrival, it seemed Illinois-born siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger were in danger of being hoofed into the backroom and left to fester with all the other lame garage band detritus that loomed large in 2002/3. However, unlike several of their contemporaries, The Fiery Furnaces had a secret weapon. From the instant we descend through the fairground ride warbles of opener South Is Only A Home, the Friedbergers open the door to a Technicolor world of music hall piano shuffles, fuzztone blues and narrative vignettes that still retain a satisfying unpredictability. Even during the album’s most conventional moments – the twinkling verse/chorus of Tropical Ice-Land, the Patti Smith/Talking Heads roll of Two Fat Feet – the pair stay on the edge, always threatening to confound expectations and propel the idea elsewhere. These frenetic changes would soon pave the way for their increasingly ambitious future releases, but The Furnaces debut remains a travelling show of sound and invention they have yet to better.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/02/2008
Further Listening
The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade, 2004)
Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade, 2007)
Dirty Projectors – Rise Above (Dead Oceans, 2007)
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