Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Holy cow, that sounds awful. Not Bags' bag, likely.
Children's songs sung with an off-key voice over dissonant music.
Fiery Furnaces
Originally posted by Doctor Doom:Heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you been messin' around.
I heard it from a friend, who possibly heard it from a hype machine.
Originally posted by Bags:curse you! That'll be stuck in my head for the rest of the day! :mad:
Heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you been messin' around.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:shit, that sounds terrible! is that really all they do?
Children's songs sung with an off-key voice over dissonant music.
Originally posted by Bags:You should be ashamed of yourself.
Heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you been messin' around.
;)
I couldn't help it…Doom put it in my head – blame him!!
well anyway I'll be meeting some peeps for drinks at the Red Room @ 8:30 in honor of another milestone in my aging process… anyone here is invited to join us :)
Hey, Doom. I will be in NYC that night seeing The Blueskins for the very first time (yippee!). But Happy Birthday in advance!
thanks Kurosawa and enjoy :D
I would rather sit around and have my toenails plucked out than have to put up with that most irritating new schlock of hype aka the Fiery Furnaces. Completely agree with GGW's assessment.
Don't worry Rhett, I won't be buying a ticket from under your friend's nose for the DBT. Not my cup of tea. But I'd take them over Fiery Furnaces any freaking day of the week! Warning, I've been reading about lots of different kinds of people getting into them lately. Luckily for you, most are far away from here.
Oye, I'm not Jewish either. Mazel tov! ;)
Don't worry Rhett, I won't be buying a ticket from under your friend's nose for the DBT. Not my cup of tea. But I'd take them over Fiery Furnaces any freaking day of the week! Warning, I've been reading about lots of different kinds of people getting into them lately. Luckily for you, most are far away from here.
Oye, I'm not Jewish either. Mazel tov! ;)
Well I like the fiery furnaces, but the new album is much more annoying than their first album, and the first album was still moderately annoying……
I think there is little chance of it selling out.
I think two songs from the new album sound like childrens songs.
I think I will try and go.
I think there is little chance of it selling out.
I think two songs from the new album sound like childrens songs.
I think I will try and go.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:pretty much, i saw them in NYC at Siren Festival and i thought it was a joke….really.
Children's songs sung with an off-key voice over dissonant music.
I'm out. Blech. And I'm listening to the 'more poppy' first album, "Gallowsbird's Bark." My inclination that this was not my cup of tea is probably on mark.
I guess we'll see you dancing up a storm at the Drive By Truckers.
Originally posted by Bags:
I'm out. Blech. And I'm listening to the 'more poppy' first album, "Gallowsbird's Bark." My inclination that this was not my cup of tea is probably on mark.
well, y'all have certainly put me off the idea of forcing my friends to see them by attaching a birthday gathering to the show!
ps… visit Doomlink.
ps… visit Doomlink.
Doom, don't go by me…I'm of the more traditional indie ilk. Actually, I'm more power pop and less indie, so I'm just a kook in terms of board preferences. I have a hard time with quirky…. The Red Room is one of the best bars around, and there's lots of interest in the FF…. Give it a shot! And happy birthday!
Saw FF last night in Pittsburgh. Very interesting performance. FF slices and splices all of their songs into one long smorgasboard of sound. Pretty cool. The tempo of the songs are much faster than what is on their albums. I'm sure some of you will not like it, but I enjoyed it.
And Jenkins pulls out one of the board's most controversial as a point of measure for the FFs…
THE FIERY FURNACES "Blueberry Boat" Rough Trade INOUK "No Danger" Say Hey
Friday, September 24, 2004; Page WE06
Both the Fiery Furnaces and Inouk are New York bands that play blues-based rock. That's hardly a full description of their music, however. The two groups also incorporate folkie melodies into their work, and sometimes emphasize piano over guitar. There are differences between their styles, of course, but the bands are as compatible a double bill as any two post-hard-core or neo-punk-funk outfits.
One of the year's most-discussed indie-rock acts, the Furnaces provide plenty of talking points: They're a self-indulgent, sometimes contentious brother-and-sister act whose music is simultaneously naive and ambitious.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Friedberger has confessed his admiration for the Who's pre-"Tommy" song suites, and the duo's second album, "Blueberry Boat," includes several kindred experiments: Such longish tunes as "Quay Cur" and the title track loosely combine sea chanteys, bluesy thumping, abstract electronic passages and childlike lyrics, often sung by Eleanor Friedberger.
Yet the Furnaces resemble the Who less than another Who-struck contemporary band, Guided by Voices. Both groups make fragmentary music that draws on '60s rock, but have a modern cut-and-paste sensibility. The distinction is that GBV's songlets are usually treated separately, while the Furnaces often string theirs together. Like a GBV album, "Blueberry Boat" is often catchy, sometimes inspired and occasionally silly – and, whichever it is at any moment, it will be something else the next.
While more compact than the Furnaces', Inouk's compositions also tend to forgo customary pop-song structure. The 11 numbers on the quintet's "No Danger" shift and meander, although some of them do feature classic-rock elements, notably three-part harmonies. Guitarist Damon McMahon, guitarist-keyboardist Alexander McMahon and bassist Jesse Johnson all sing during the climaxes of such tunes as "Elected" and "Island," pushing the mood skyward. Still, the album's overall vibe is intriguingly misty. Even the mostly driving "Nudie Suit" ends as madrigal.
– Mark Jenkins
THE FIERY FURNACES "Blueberry Boat" Rough Trade INOUK "No Danger" Say Hey
Friday, September 24, 2004; Page WE06
Both the Fiery Furnaces and Inouk are New York bands that play blues-based rock. That's hardly a full description of their music, however. The two groups also incorporate folkie melodies into their work, and sometimes emphasize piano over guitar. There are differences between their styles, of course, but the bands are as compatible a double bill as any two post-hard-core or neo-punk-funk outfits.
One of the year's most-discussed indie-rock acts, the Furnaces provide plenty of talking points: They're a self-indulgent, sometimes contentious brother-and-sister act whose music is simultaneously naive and ambitious.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Friedberger has confessed his admiration for the Who's pre-"Tommy" song suites, and the duo's second album, "Blueberry Boat," includes several kindred experiments: Such longish tunes as "Quay Cur" and the title track loosely combine sea chanteys, bluesy thumping, abstract electronic passages and childlike lyrics, often sung by Eleanor Friedberger.
Yet the Furnaces resemble the Who less than another Who-struck contemporary band, Guided by Voices. Both groups make fragmentary music that draws on '60s rock, but have a modern cut-and-paste sensibility. The distinction is that GBV's songlets are usually treated separately, while the Furnaces often string theirs together. Like a GBV album, "Blueberry Boat" is often catchy, sometimes inspired and occasionally silly – and, whichever it is at any moment, it will be something else the next.
While more compact than the Furnaces', Inouk's compositions also tend to forgo customary pop-song structure. The 11 numbers on the quintet's "No Danger" shift and meander, although some of them do feature classic-rock elements, notably three-part harmonies. Guitarist Damon McMahon, guitarist-keyboardist Alexander McMahon and bassist Jesse Johnson all sing during the climaxes of such tunes as "Elected" and "Island," pushing the mood skyward. Still, the album's overall vibe is intriguingly misty. Even the mostly driving "Nudie Suit" ends as madrigal.
– Mark Jenkins
"intriguingly misty." I like that! I'm still thinking of going tonight.
I know you're not supposed to say this in RepubliKKKan America, but their music makes me want to light up a spleef.
I know you're not supposed to say this in RepubliKKKan America, but their music makes me want to light up a spleef.
Yes, you can usually enjoy crappy music if you're high enough. Classic example: any reggae.
Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
"intriguingly misty." I like that! I'm still thinking of going tonight.
I know you're not supposed to say this in RepubliKKKan America, but their music makes me want to light up a spleef.