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ARTiST....: the fiery furnaces
TiTLE.....: bitter tea
LABEL.....: Rough Trade
GENRE.....: indie
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 106,2 MB
REL.DATE..: 03-11-2006
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01] in my little thatched hut 04:13
02] i'm in no mood 03:39
03] black-hearted boy 05:11
04] bitter tea 05:45
05] teach me sweetheart 05:56
06] i'm waiting to know you 04:02
07] the vietnamese telephone ministry 05:44
08] oh sweet woods 05:26
09] borneo 04:17
10] police sweater blood vow:nevers! 02:54
11] nevers 05:03
12] benton harbor blues 07:23
13] whistle rhapsody 04:21
14] nevers reprise 05:15
15] benton harbor blues again 03:14
TOTAL TiME : 72:23 min
Matthew Friedberger, one half of sibling duo the
Fiery Furnaces, has a warning for fans about the
upcoming Bitter Tea. "This record, if you have it
too loud, you'll hurt yourself," he cautions about
the more rock-oriented disc, which is due April
18th from Fat Possum Records.
Originally intended for release last fall to
accompany Rehearsing My Choir -- the Furnaces'
narrative-based album that features Friedberger's
grandmother, Olga, reminiscing about her life over
synthesizer backdrops -- Bitter Tea favors more
conventional song structures, and even has drums.
"[Rehearsing My Choir] was supposed to sound like
an older person's living room," Friedberger says.
"Bitter Tea is a very girly record: bouncy and
full of candy-colored sounds."
Although the new one is a bit more straightforward
than their last, Friedberger and his sister
Eleanor are hardly playing by standard rock & roll
rules. "There's backwards stuff on every song,"
Friedberger says. "A lot of backwards singing, a
lot of backwards everything in the texture of the
music. Maybe it's not as conventional as it sounds
to us."
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