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| ARTIST: | Fiery Furnaces |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Rough Trade |
| TYPE: | Pop, Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | South Is Only a Home, I'm Gonna Run, Leaky Tunnel, Up in the North, Inca Rag/Name Game, Asthma Attack, Don't Dance Her Down, Crystal Clear, Two Fat Feet, Bow Wow, Gale Blow, Worry Worry, Bright Blue Tie, Tropical Ice-Land, Rub-Alcohol Blues, We Got Back the Plague |
| UPC: | 060768322622 |
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Customer Reviews of Gallowsbird's Bark
Fiery groovy lo-fi blues. Amazing debut. It's always a challenge to describe a sound that fuses several musical styles. Overall 'Gallowsbird's Bark' combines garage-rock and the blues, equal parts White Stripes swagger, Guided By Voices' trashy riffs, and Velvet Undergrounds meandering guitar plucking. Eleanor Friedberger's voice is a deadringer for Patti Smith with the same passionate semi-poetic vocals. The Fiery Furnaces seem to have ripped-out the guts of rock and roll, capturing a raw version of the blues, drifting in between stripped-down folk and piano tinkling. Yet they add unconventional elements morphing into a sound that's wonderfully original. One of these is a showtune spin revolving around the piano, with the same type of theatrics as The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Meatloaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell'. Another is Krautrock's experimental use of sound/structure, subtle but unconventional enough where it slightly alters the musical formula. There's nothing that gets my juices flowing where I feel like I'm hearing something fresh, and I get that sense with Gallowsbird's Bark. Energetic, relentless, and innovative. An intoxicating debut that captures the barebone spirit of rock and roll.
the most interesting debut of the year
this is as quirky, fun, musical, & adventurous as anything i've heard this year...with bits of pretty much every musical style thrown in, from punk to ragtime to blues. lyrical and intense, you'll find yourself humming the tunes long after, especially my favorites "two fat feet" "up in the north" "inca rag/name game" and "tropical ice-land"
a previous reviewer singled out the female vocalist as untalented, which i'll argue is unfair and unwarranted. her phrasing isn't non-existent, it's unique: here as staccato, there a soft croon, and yes, sometimes a howl or a yelp as punctuation. the comparison of amy lee from evanescence says it all: if you like that bombast and overdone production, no, this isn't an album for you. If you are into off-beat hooks, poetic turns of phrase, or musical daring, well, here it is.
Ramble On
One of the more distinctive releases of 2003, "Gallowsbird's Bark" is also one of the best. Sure, Brooklyn-based brother and sister duo Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger tend to ramble a bit, but they've got charm and attitude to spare. It helps to smooth over some of the rough edges, like a tendency towards the cute and the quirky. A few of the similarly offbeat bands they bring to mind include LiLiPUT, Royal Trux, and Quasi. There's some tinkly Kinks-style musical hall here, Stones-y slide guitar blues there, and lovely lo-fi garage-pop everywhere. I've never heard anything quite like it before.