Fiery Furnaces: November 13, 2021 Brooklyn Metal

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Our dwell experiences with the Fiery Furnaces date again to the earliest days of this web site. It could be truthful to say that this band was partially accountable for the expansion of the location circa 2007-2008, as we recorded them throughout the realm, from a number of occasions at Maxwell’s, Mercury, Bowery, and Music Corridor, to singular exhibits at Sound Repair Data on Bedford (RIP), Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, LPR, Southpaw (RIP), East River Park Bandshell (RIP), and Hiro Ballroom (RIP). We recorded them so usually that we ended up getting credited as an “engineer” for the Fiery Furnaces dwell album Keep in mind, which used a few of our recordings. The attraction was pure for we dwell music followers — the band by no means performed any of their exhibits or songs the identical approach twice, they constantly invited excellent musicians to hitch them on excursions, and the music was at all times difficult and cerebral. We couldn’t get sufficient of them.

However in 2011, the band’s core siblings Eleanor and Matt Friedberger determined to take a hiatus. I anticipated a couple of years of time away, a solo album or two after which a return. I didn’t anticipate the break to take a decade, however in 2020 the reunion was lastly introduced and nicely, you realize what occurred then.

Final November at Brooklyn Metal, the wait was over. Fiery Furnaces have been again for a “hometown” present in the end. To be trustworthy, I didn’t actually know what solely to anticipate. The 2 stalwarts of the band from final decade (Jason Loewenstein and Bob D’Amico) weren’t becoming a member of within the reunion, and of the brand new band members, we solely have been conversant in probably the most wonderful Emily Lee (Shearwater, and others). However what I did anticipate was a brand new tackle traditional materials, and certain the brand new single from 2020 (“Down At The So And So And Someplace”). And in that respect, this present was solely what I had hoped to see. The setlist contained a wholesome dose from all the band’s releases, after all segued with sudden twists and turns — however at all times anchored by Eleanor’s meticulously delivered tongue-twisters and turns of phrase. Matt’s keyboard rack was liberally employed all through and jibed completely with Emily electrical piano — try the interaction in a tasty “Benton Harbor Blues”, and the rocking “Ex-Guru”. The whole ninety-minute set labored like that, with no lulls, loads of highlights, and no dip in power all through. It was nice to have Fiery Furnaces again, even when for only one evening. We hope it isn’t one other decade earlier than they return.

I recorded this set with the Neumann hypers arrange on the Soundboard and blended with a board feed. We’re extraordinarily pleased with the outcomes, and are happy to supply this top quality obtain. Take pleasure in!

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Fiery Furnaces
2021-11-13
Brooklyn Metal
Brooklyn NY

Digital Grasp Recording
Soundboard + Viewers Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Sound Units 744t > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav information > Soundforge (post-production) > CDWave 1.95 (monitoring) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging by way of Foobar)

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:22:52]
01 Leaky Tunnel
02 Single Once more
03 Two Fats Toes
04 I’m Going Away
05 Benton Harbor Blues
06 [checklist]
07 My Canine Was Misplaced however Now He’s Discovered
08 The Garfield El
09 Chief Inspector Blancheflower
10 I’m in No Temper
11 Don’t Dance Her Down
12 The Vietnamese Phone Ministry
13 Down At The So And So And Someplace
14 Duplexes of the Useless
15 Computerized Husband
16 Ex-Guru
17 Quay Cur
18 Tropical Ice-Land
19 [encore break]
20 Right here Comes the Summer time
21 My Egyptian Grammar
22 Chris Michaels