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▐░ ▀▓████║ The_Fiery_Furnaces-Blueberry_Boat-2004-DeBT_iNT ║████▓▀ ░▌
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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... The Fiery Furnaces ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... Blueberry Boat █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Rough Trade ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Indie ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-04-22 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2004-07-13 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 233 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 13 / 76:09 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 134.17 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
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░ ▄▓████ 1 Quay Cur 10:25 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 2 Straight Street 5:00 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 3 Blueberry Boat 9:09 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 4 Chris Michaels 7:53 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 5 Paw Paw Tree 4:39 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 6 My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found 3:29 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 7 Mason City 8:14 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 8 Chief Inspector Blancheflower 8:58 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 9 Spaniolated 3:21 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 10 1917 4:52 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 11 Birdie Brain 3:05 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 12 Turning Round 2:13 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 13 Wolf Notes 4:51 ████▓▄ ░
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 76:09 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 134.17 MB▄█████▓░
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Fiery Furnaces skip ahead and deliver the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ into white slavery, World War I, and (of course) ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ blueberries are surrounded by strange noises and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Got the Plague" suggested that the band really ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ bright, bold title track -- the tale of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hapless captain of a blueberry boat beset by ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ rhythm and steep slide guitars; carnival organs ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ down with the ship and her blueberries, and this ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ The Fiery Furnaces disorient their listeners and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ then charm them, or charm them by disorienting ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ them; fortunately, because their music actually ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is pretty charming, this tactic usually works. At ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Matthew Friedberger sings more on Blueberry Boat, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and his quieter delivery makes a striking ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ vocals. But sometimes they sound almost like the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ songs with lyrics as insanely detailed as the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ include Beanie Babies, Sir Robert Grayson, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ dazzling, obscure wordplay like "you geeched that ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ gazoon's gow" fill out more than a few songs. You ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ could say that the Friedbergers' ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ stream-of-consciousness approach nearly reaches ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ delightful "Birdie Brain" rails against the march ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ concept albums. Eleanor plays the emotive Roger ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ big pianos, and mix of stomping rock with ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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