Blog: Direct Current

Eighth album "I'm Going Away" (July 21) from Chicago-raised, Brooklyn-based indie rock stalwarts The Fiery Furnaces is, according to the band, "more Taxi than Titanic " in both scope and style -- an album that is to be their most "accessible" and "simple" album ever. Led by brother and sister team Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, the Furnaces have kept things pretty edgy and experimental since their launch in 2000, veering from banging garage rock to more poppy (comparatively speaking, of course) elements, particularly on their '06 effort Bitter Tea . The duo have always [...]

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