| Fiery Furnaces, The / Widow City |
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| Album: | Widow City | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Fiery Furnaces, The | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Thrill Jockey Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-28 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-30 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 30 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
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| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2007-10-23 | ||
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Cinematic arty proggy indie pop, brother sister. Girl half sings, passionate, urgent (sexy: file under Chrissy Hynde, Magneta Lane). Elements of chamber pop, indie rock, art rock, prog. Undefinable, like all great art. This band broke the scene hard several years ago and raised their own bar to an almost unattainable height. Their most recent record disappointed the die hard, and justifiably. But the good news is that this one more than makes up for it all. Pay attention. If I had to file this in with another band, hmmm, maybe Bowie at his finest Aladdin Sane era, T Rex?. Strangely enough, 70’s King Crimson comes to mind in its sheer bombastic classical type arrangements, moments of prog. Honestly, I had to pick which songs on this NOT to recommend. All songs are masterpieces in their own right. 1) begins sorta mathy guitar rock but quickly turns cinematic but maintains off-time schitzophrenic theme 2) string arrangements figure, sound backwards masked, this one is more urgent, less schitzo 3) super cool overdriven bass, melodies 4) more upbeat, poppy 5) heavy feel at first, back and forth, entering a certain prog flavor, like Fripp’s wildest Crimson dreams 6) holy! A playful pop feel 7) fairly straightforward song with cool percussion and hard panned stereo effect/guitar 8) slight marching beat, great wah wahed guitar 9) evil funky feel in the bass melody and offtime drums, epic for sure 10) full on smokin’ prog, urgent, fast, heavy 11) epic feel, nothing too insane 12) soaring swing 13) dark and evil with a searing tone that bursts through in a decidedly prog fashion 14) slightly funky feel 15) mellower, with the recorder flute adding a simple tone 16) off time, collage-like at first, all over the map | ||
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