Can you believe that Thrill Jockey hasn’t signed your band yet? Well, it’s probably no offense to you or your music. It’s probably because The Fiery Furnaces have that label hypnotized into spending like 94% of its budget putting out, supporting, or otherwise underwriting their never-ending spew of loopy-ass, cockamamie Dada-pop projects every Brooklyn-via-Chicago minute!
See, after finishing up their eighth fucking record in like six years this summer, the comparatively tossed-off sounding I'm Going Away (TMT Review), the duo set about, you know, creating their own individual (that’s two separate) cover versions of that very record. Those are due digitally some time in October. Oh yeah, don’t forget about the forthcoming "silent record" that they’re also “working on” for this fall, which they plan on releasing as sheet music only. They’ve also sponsored video contests, lyric writing contests, and who knows what other sorts of contests, largely in the name of that whole “democratically written” record that they’re also promising us.
And as if all that isn’t enough for you, they’re also hitting the road this November for a North American tour, during which they’ll most likely confound your expectations a little bit more by mangling your favorite Furnaces classics right in front of you with the sort of dramatic irony akin to you watching your cute-but-heedless little cousins throwing their own coveted toys into the microwave “just to see what’s gonna happen.”
So yeah, my guess is their label’s got its hands pretty full these days. Keeping Les Enfants Terribles satisfied at all times is probably a pretty full-time gig. If I were you, I’d probably give Drag City a call instead.
Fiery Furnaces Fall Tour:
11.04.09 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
11.05.09 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
11.06.09 - Troy, NY - Revolution Hall
11.07.09 - Toronto, ON - El Mocambo Club
11.08.09 - London, ON - Call The Office
11.10.09 - Toledo, OH - Frankie's Inner City
11.11.09 - Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag
11.12.09 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
11.13.09 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
11.14.09 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
11.17.09 - Vancouver, BC - The Red Room
11.18.09 - Seattle, WA Chop - Suey
11.20.09 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
11.21.09 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
11.24.09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
12.11.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
12.12.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
