TFF’s Old-Fashioned Rock-N-Roll Summer Dance Party starts tomorrow. There won’t even be white balloons dropped from the ceiling.

That’s how old-fashioned it will be. Without stopping, 30 songs in…more than 30 minutes! That’s what we call: “TFF’SOFRNRSDP”!

Now: Je suis très désolé de le dire, cependant, il ne sera pas un concert en… Provence, par exemple, au cours de ce “voyage.” Très désolé!

Estoy temo que no habrá una “TFF”SOFRNRDP” performace en BA en este momento, tampoco. Um, Pedimos disculpas….  (It’s “TFF”SOFRNRDP”and not “TFF’SOFRNRSDP” because it’s not summer in BA.)

And: Wir hätten in Hamburg außerdem durchführen gemocht. “TFF’SOFRNRSDP”, ich bedeute. Für unsere Freunde….

The Super Storm of 2010 seems like just a bad dream.  Spring is here!  Celebrate by coming to our make-up gig at the Ottobar tomorrow night and purchase one of 30 limited edition Widow City LPs.  This really is the last of the first pressing.  Easter egg colors!  But we won’t hide them!

Dear Eleanor and Matt,

Included, please find the pictures I have made of my Fiery Furnaces bag during my trip to Paris.
Of course, your concert at La Boule Noire was the best part of my trip, but I also enjoyed walking through Paris.
Going there on my own, which wasn’t a usual step to take for me, was a great experience. I’d like to thank you, Eleanor, for inspiring me to do that.

Enjoy the rest of your tour!

Jonathan was kind enough to share his story with us at our show in Madison, WI.  Please share your stories in person at our next show or write to:  thefieryfurnacesemail@gmail.com or PO Box 220513 Brooklyn, NY 11222

Have you been looking for Widow City on vinyl?  Well, look no more!  Come out to one of our shows this week and buy a very limited edition copy of Widow City.  Who said spray painting indoors was a health hazard?  I feel great!

New Year’s Eve in Chicago.  What an occasion.  And the night before New Year’s Eve in Chicago.  What a pre-occasion.

Two shows (with our best-band-friends Cryptacize), celebrating the old, inaugurating the new, in the capital of the American Dream– Chicago.

Go to Schubas on the 30th and Lincoln Hall on the 31st.  Raise a toast to your alderman and buy a drink for your aunt, guy.

Fly on in; visit that fabulous legendary lost land– Chicago. If you are a native English speaker, adopt an unvoiced terminal /s/, adjust many of your vowel sounds, and say hello.  If you are not a native English speaker, talk however you like.

A party like none other,
TFF

The Fiery Furnaces begin their season of holiday cheer this weekend in New York, We play a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday, followed by one at the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday. So why not have a real festivus-for-the-rest-of-us? Gather all of your holiday friends together–and come sing along with the Fiery Furnaces!

For instance, if your name is William and you live with your boyfriend by the airport in Atlanta, why not fly on up with a few friends? Or perhaps your name is Daniel and you live in a small town in Switzerland–why not make a weekend of it? Head stateside. New York City and all its holiday glories–which include two Fiery Furnaces’ shows–await you.

But maybe you happen live somewhere in the Tri-State area. It could be that you already have a regularly scheduled holiday party to attend. Well don’t let that stop you–leave that party early! Then come on over to the Fiery Furnaces’ party. We start playing at 11:00, both nights.

There might even be mistletoe at the front of the stage. You might get to kiss Eleanor, or Bob–or Jason’s pet pig, Emmett. Remember, he loves clementines!

Take Me Round Again:  The Friedbergers cover the Friedbergers.

The Fiery Furnaces have been reworking, rearranging, and rewriting their songs live since they first started touring in 2003.  They have taken this practice one step further on their new record, Take Me Round Again.  Recorded separately this past July in Michigan and New York, Matt and Eleanor each recorded 6 songs that originally appeared on I’m Going Away.  All that remains the same are the words.

Eleanor: “I’ve gotten into the habit of rewriting songs Matt has written, just as a way of practicing and singing at home.  Originally, I had wanted to record a folk-style record called Eleanor Friedberger sings the songs of the Fiery Furnaces.  I thought it would make a nice greatest hits record, but reworking I’m Going Away before it even came out seemed a lot more exciting.”

Matthew:  “After asking people to send us their re-write of I’m Going Away before having heard it, I thought we owed it to them to make an actual alternate version of the record.  And not just leave all the new arranging for live shows.”

You can buy the record at FINA or iTunes.