Pre-Order Fiery Furnaces' Widow City

Download:Fiery Furnaces - "Worry Worry" (from Gallowsbird Bark)
Download: Fiery Furnaces - "Evergreen" (from EP)
Download: Fiery Furnaces - "Slavin' Away" (from Rehearsing My Choir)
Download: Fiery Furnaces - "Chief Inspector Blancheflower" (from Blueberry Boat)
Download: Fiery Furnaces - "Nevers" (from Bitter Tea)
Download: Fiery Furnaces - "Japanese Sleepers" (from Widow City)

Widow City, the sixth album from the Fiery Furnaces, does not come out until Oct. 9th (on Thrill Jockey). However, if you want to be the first kid on your block to own Widow City - and, frankly, who doesn't? - you can pre-order the album here.

If you order the double LP, then you can receive the album with a gatefold tip-on jacket and a free MP3 download of Widow City.

At the top of this post, you'll find MP3's from all six of the Fiery Furnaces' albums...even Rehearsing My Choir.

The siblings Friedburger will be playing the Turf Club in St. Paul on Oct. 12th.

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(Jonathan Graef)

New Fiery Furnaces Track - "Ex-Guru"

Download: The Fiery Furnaces - "Ex-Guru" (Via Stereogum)

Courtesy of Stereogum, and taken from the Chicago based, brother-sister led, band's upcoming Widow City. It's their first effort for Thrill Jockey, the band's new label. The song is called "Ex-Guru".

The song is definitely more along the lines of their LP material, which is a good thing, in my mind. The track starts out in the sort of electropop-blues like "Single Again," but with more of a airy trip-hop feel. It fact, for a while, "Ex-Guru" is both one of the undiluted rock and techno tracks that Fiery Furnaces have written. That is, of course, until the band abruptly decides to become Led Zepplin in its Eastern, orchestral, phase. But that is short-lived as well, as the Furnaces briefly dabble in Beatles-esque orchestral-pop before returning to the song's refrain.

I dig the song a lot, even if I sense that "Ex-Guru" may seque into something that's even better on the album.

Read more about Widow City here. The album comes out Oct. 9th on Thrill Jockey.

(Jonathan Graef)

The Fiery Furnaces Sign To Thrill Jockey, Announce Album Title and Release Date

Download: The Fiery Furnaces - "Quay Cur"

From the Thrill Jockey newsletter comes the...uh, news, that the Fiery Furnaces have signed Thrill Jockey who will be putting out the Oak Park-based band's newest offering, Widow City, on October 23rd. Just in time for Halloween!

In addition, the Friedberger clan is now on tour, no doubt playing old favorites and cuts from the forthcoming City. Click here to see photos of the band's show Chicago's Empty Bottle from this past Friday (June 22nd). Below is the list of remaining dates on the tour:

Fiery Furnaces Tourdates:

Mon
Jun 25
Toronto, ON
- The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
w/ Dios

Tue
Jun 26
Ottawa, ON
- Barrymore's
w/ The Hot Springs, The Chinese Stars

Thu
Jun 28
Philadelphia, PA
- North Star
w/ Dios

Fri
Jun 29
Boston, MA
- Paradise Rock Club
w/ Dios

Sat
Jun 30
Hoboken, NJ
- Maxwell's
w/ Kapow!, Tris McCall

Sun
Jul 1
Brooklyn, NY
- Studio B
w/ Dios

Thu
Jul 5
Washington, DC
- Black Cat
w/ Dios

Fri
Jul 6
Raleigh, NC
- Lincoln Theater
w/ Dios

Sat
Jul 7
Atlanta, GA
- The Earl
w/ Deerhunter

Sun
Jul 8
Asheville, NC
- The Orange Peel
w/ Dios

Mon
Jul 9
Charlotte, NC
- Visulite Theatre
w/ Dios

Thu
Jul 19
Salt Lake City, UT
- The Gallivan Center
w/ Yo La Tengo