Review: The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City

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The queen of quirky couplets and the king of the rustic, rugged and stark accompaniments, siblings Eleanor and Mathew Freidberger have been victims of their own prolific song-writing tendencies. For example, the Chicago born pair could have toured the world and ate like royalty for a decade on the back of the bitter/sweet pop experiment of 2003's debut album Gallowbirds Bark. Instead they chose to throw their energy into writing and recording the darker narrative and epics containing follow up Blueberry Boat, a year later. Da Furnaces seem to be on a mission to create their own dark, mysterious, adventurous...

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