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The Fiery Furnaces are a , 2007 . They primarily consist of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger . The brother and sister are originally from Oak Park, Illinois , a near-western suburb of Chicago . BAND BIOGRAPHY The band signed with the , 2007 . Matthew is primarily responsible for the band's songwriting and studio instrumentation, while Eleanor handles the majority of the vocal duties. , 2007 . The Fiery Furnaces released their second album, '' Blueberry Boat '', in the summer of 2004. It is also often interpreted as a multi-layered Concept Album . "Quay Cur," the ten minute lead track on Blueberry Boat, switches from dirty, gurgling Organ to Slide-guitar -fueled ditties, pulsing electronic beats to abstract Lullaby within a few minutes, highlighting the Fiery Furnaces' variety in songwriting. Some critics, however, interpreted this type of material as evidence that the album is unfocused. The epic nature of the majority of the songs made them unsuitable for radio play so the band prepared "Single Again," a take on a traditional nursery rhyme as a substitute. This single, along with their previously released ones, was mostly only made available to the UK audience, so in January 2005 the band released a 41-minute compilation disc named '' EP '' (this confusingly being a Designation commonly reserved for shorter discs). ''EP'' featured two new songs, all of the band’s singles and B-sides (with the exception of an alternate version of "We Got Back The Plague" found on the "Tropical Ice-Land" single), and was for this reason a contrast to the epic and, according to some, inaccessible nature of ''Blueberry Boat''. Their following album, '', 2007. Jason Loewenstein of Sebadoh and Bob D'Amico took over band duties for the supporting tour, replacing Toshi Yano and Andy Knowles . The band released their fifth LP, entitled '' Bitter Tea '', in April 2006 titled. In interviews they stated the album to be influenced by the sound of Synthpop group Devo and to consist of far more conventional and accessible songs than those found on ''Blueberry Boat'' and ''Rehearsing My Choir''. Matthew Friedberger released '' Winter Women And Holy Ghost Language School '' in August 2006, two separate albums which were packaged as a Double Album . According to a press release, ''Winter Women'' is "intended to be a summer record, full of memorable, catchy, and un-ironic pop songs," while ''Holy Ghost Language School'' is like "Faust, the Residents, or the most 'out' moments of Brian Eno's solo records." Eleanor appeared on neither and Matthew did not tour in support of his solo releases. The band did a short tour in October and November of 2006, supported by San Francisco , 2006. Retrieved July 12 , 2007. In June 2007, it was announced in , 2007 . Retrieved July 12 , 2007. Another album, '' Back To Begamo '', has already been written and according to Matthew consists of "Eleanor's selection of her favorite ' Aria s' of mine."1 DISCOGRAPHY See Also: The Fiery Furnaces Discography
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