Artist: The Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger releases new song, "She's A Mirror", from Personal Record. On June 4th (June 10th UK/Europe), Eleanor Friedberger will release her second solo album, Personal Record, through Merge Records....

Next month Eleanor Friedberger will release Personal Record - her second solo album and the follow up to her excellent 2011 offering, Last Summer . Co-written with Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding), Friedberger's sophomore solo outing further showcases her ability to write warm, ebullient pop songs and infuse them with lyrics that are not only clever and wry, but also catchy as all hell. (Just listen to the record's first single, "Stare At The Sun," and try to stop "If that was goodbye, I must be high" from looping in your brain). I had [...]

Eleanor Friedberger de The Fiery Furnaces , estrenó el single y videoclip Stare At The Sun , que será parte de su nuevo album solista titulado Personal Record . El nuevo album de Friedberger será el sucesor de su opera prima solista Last Summer , editado en 2011 y verá la luz el 4 de junio a través del sello Merge Records [...]

With her 2011 solo debut , Eleanor Friedberger  offered up a record of wordy confessional songs that fell at some odd crossroads in Brooklyn where Patti Smith meets Fleetwood Mac, and was something of the perfect summer album for the hipster set. On June 4, the singer-songwriter , who is one half of The Fiery Furnaces, will release her sophomore effort  Personal Record that she co-wrote with John Wesley Harding via Merge Records. Earlier this week, Friedberger gave us a taste of what's to come releasing the music video for the album's [...]

Eleanor Friedberger feliz con su amigo La mitad del dúo The Fiery Furna ces prepara el lanzamiento de su nuevo álbum solista, el cual estará en tiendas a partir del 4 de junio en América y el 10 en Europa. Eleanor Friedberger estrenó el video para "Stare at the Sun", nuevo sencillo de Personal Record . En el video dirigido por Scott Jacobson , Eleanor nos cuenta sus cosas favoritas mientras disfruta del sol de la primavera. Jacobson explicó un poco el video: [...]

Eleanor Friedberger set to tour her second solo album. On June 4th (June 10th UK/Europe), Eleanor Friedberger will release her second solo album, Personal Record, through Merge Records. Friedberger has announced tour dates...

he Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger solo album Personal Record is out 6/4 on Merge.

In support of 20112s  Last Summer , Eleanor Friedberger began playing less shows as part of The Fiery Furnaces  and more intimate solo sets at radio stations and record stores. It seems the time spent on her own had a profound effect on the singer, who turned her forthcoming sophomore LP, the aptly-titled  Personal Record , into one of her most revealing works to date. "Unlike Last Summer , which was more a record of my life in a stream of consciousness style, [ Personal Record 's] lyrics [...]

The Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger has made a new solo album called Personal Record , one that she co-wrote with the musician and writer Wesley Stace (who records as John Wesley Harding). The album arrives this summer, and the first single "Stare At The Sun" is a wordy, gently rollicking track that recalls '70s studio-rock without radiating cocaine vibes. Listen to it below. Read More...

Edith , David, and Michael of the dream rock outfit Distant Correspondent sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? e: I was listening to the radio on the drive back from Colorado. The last one I remember hearing was the one that goes " ladies and the drinks! ladies and the drinks! ladies and the... it's what I came for!! " (by Trey Songz ). [...]

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Date Wednesday, November 14th Location Mohawk Doors 6:30 PM Tickets $15 from Mohawk Unfortunately the music world is slowly winding its way down towards the end of 2012, but that doesn't mean there still aren't some great acts pushing their way through town, such as The Sea and Cake .  They've just [...]

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Last year, Fiery Furnaces' Matthew Friedberger went all out with his Solos project , releasing eight albums between January and November. Building on the scope of that prolific effort, Friendberger's next album, Matricidal Sons of Bitches , will feature 45 tracks sequenced as movements. The LP was recorded in Paris and inspired by the B-movies of studios like Poverty Row. "The production values and narrative techniques of these films became the basis for Matricidal Sons of Bitches ," Friedberger wrote in a press letter, adding the record is "a horror movie made [...]

Aunque los hermanos Friedberger no han editado nada como The Fiery Furnaces desde 2009, esto no significa que no hayan estado ocupados. Eleanor lanzó su primer álbum solista el año pasado, mientras que Matthew estuvo trabajando en una ambiciosa serie titulada Solos , a la que ahora le seguirá un nuevo proyecto titulado Matricidal Sons of Bitches , que será editado el próximo 30 de octubre a través de Thrill Jockey Records y cuyo concepto no podía ser más extraño. Resulta [...]

Tweet Don’t worry, it’s not all like the voices in your addled head opening sequences. And to be truthful that is my impression of the Fiery Furnaces, a pair of souls (siblings Eleanor and Matt Friedberger) who specialise in tinkered to within an inch of their life sonic matters. On ‘1917’ (from their 2004 LP 'Blueberry Boat') the complex clouds do part however and out pops a gorgeous piece of melancholy pop. It's about baseball but don't let that put you [...]

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I've long been a fan of The Fiery Furnaces yet I've never had a chance to see them live.  I have, however, seen FF singer Eleanor Friedberger live twice now.  The first time was an instore performance at Soundscapes last summer in support of her then just released album, Last Summer .  That show was a stripped down solo affair featuring Eleanor alone with an acoustic guitar and acted as a good showcase for the songs, highlighting the strong melodies.  However, I was curious to see how it would sound with a full live band.  Augmented by backing players, would it just end [...]

eleanor friedberger Three learn-from-your-mistakes reasons to come out to Schubas tonight... 1. Oak Park-native Eleanor Friedberger once again finds herself in Chicago to promote her excellent 2011 solo album Last Summer . Friedberger, one-half of the sibling art poppers Fiery Furnaces, chooses to indulge her nostalgic side on her first album away from brother and creative partner, Matthew. She crafts serious pop songs that are wistful and brooding lyrically, while sonically maintaining an outwardly sunny disposition. The collection serves as the perfect vehicle for Friedberger's sensual [...]