The Fiery Furnaces are All Fiery-ed Up and Ready to Go on their ROLL THE DICE/LEAP OF FAITH tour 2008.

The Fiery Furnaces encourage everyone to “roll the dice” and make the “leap of faith” these next few months.  The most obvious place for the application of this attitude is the polling place. But why not also go to a Fiery Furnaces show?

The band is very pleased to learn that the American people want Change. It so happens that the Fiery Furnaces are all about Change— for instance, the music sometimes has a fair amount of changes in it.

It seems, however, that this tour will be the same as the last ones. Eleanor Friedberger will do the singing, Matthew Friedberger will play the keyboards, Jason Loewenstein will play the bass guitar, and Bob D’Amico will play the drum kit.  [Watch a show here:  fabchannel.com]

Hmm. But will it really be the same? Really? Circumstances change, and that changes everything.

I think that this time, it’s different. You know, we’ve played in Baltimore before. But this time, it’s different. You folks down in Houston, you might have seen us before, but This Time, It’s Different. Folks over in Tennessee might not have been able to come the last time we played in Nashville. But THIS TIME, IT’S DIFFERENT.

Needless to say, the band will not be playing in New Hampshire anytime soon.

This Tour supports the senator-from-Illinois, not the senator from Illinois. Meaning, of course, that it supports the senator representing Illinois, not the senator born in Illinois. This Tour cannot support the sort of Change that doesn’t initially oppose the war in Iraq. It cannot support the sort of Ready-ness that botched so thoroughly the previous attempt at establishing universal health care (a disaster that, remember, ushered in the current 13 years of right-wing triumphalism). And, certainly, it cannot see how the Democratic party’s best interests would be served by returning to power that Champion waster of talent and opportunity— Bill.

The Fiery Furnaces have the Audacity to Hope that we will see you at a show soon. Roll the Dice!

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