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Tour Poster Setlist Read More Eleanor Friedberger (the half of the duo The Fiery Furnaces) announced that she will be hitting the road in support of her forthcoming, second solo album, Personal Record,…
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Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) is currently on the road to support her second solo album, Personal Record (out now on Merge Records). The band stopped in at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis last night.
Cassandra Jenkins opened the show, but the entire band (some featuring members from the band Icewater), would later re-appear as Eleanor Friedberger's live band. Her brief ethereal folk set consists of "Blood", "Up in Flames", "Caterpillar", "Motorcycle Mary", "Sunchasters", "The Bird" and "Arrow", many of those songs appeared on her debut EP released last month.
Brooklyn-based TEEN followed Jenkins. The indie rock band formed in 2012 is composed of lead Kristina "Teeny" Lieberson, her two sisters Lizzy and Katherine, and friend Jane Herships. The show was filled with loud guitar riffs, echo-y vocals and a bit of a 60’s vibe.
Remember how we didn't recognize a few songs from them the first time they were at the 400 Bar last year? Those two "mysterious" songs are from their recently released Carolina (Carpark Records), which for this set, TEEN played every tracks from the EP ("Carolina", "Circus", "Cannibal", "Glass Cage", "Paradise").
If you love lyrics, as much as I do, you'll fall in love with Eleanor Friedberger's latest novelette songs. Her songs are gobful of lyrics, and it's truly lovely to hear her recite them to a musical background. Half her set are were taken from the new album, Personal Record ("Stare at the Sun", "My Own World", "I'll Never Be Happy Again", "When I Knew", "Other Boys", and the set closer, "She's a Mirror") with the other half from her Last Summer album.
Encore was interesting. This was more like a double encore, with the first part having Friedberger by herself singing "I Am the Past" and "Echo or Encore". Both "quieter" songs are from Personal Record, which was co-written by musician/novelist Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding). The second part of the encore featured the entire band, for "Singing Time" and "My Mistakes".
So, if you love stories in your songs, check out Eleanor Friedberger's music. Her latest, Personal Record, just came out last week (June 4th) on Merge Records. She's currently on tour in support of the record.
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CASSANDRA JENKINS
Jonathan Wirkus
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TEEN
Jonathan Wirkus
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Remember how we didn't recognize a few songs from them the first time they were at the 400 Bar last year? Those two "mysterious" songs are from their recently released Carolina (Carpark Records), which for this set, TEEN played every tracks from the EP ("Carolina", "Circus", "Cannibal", "Glass Cage", "Paradise").
If you love lyrics, as much as I do, you'll fall in love with Eleanor Friedberger's latest novelette songs. Her songs are gobful of lyrics, and it's truly lovely to hear her recite them to a musical background. Half her set are were taken from the new album, Personal Record ("Stare at the Sun", "My Own World", "I'll Never Be Happy Again", "When I Knew", "Other Boys", and the set closer, "She's a Mirror") with the other half from her Last Summer album.
Encore was interesting. This was more like a double encore, with the first part having Friedberger by herself singing "I Am the Past" and "Echo or Encore". Both "quieter" songs are from Personal Record, which was co-written by musician/novelist Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding). The second part of the encore featured the entire band, for "Singing Time" and "My Mistakes".
So, if you love stories in your songs, check out Eleanor Friedberger's music. Her latest, Personal Record, just came out last week (June 4th) on Merge Records. She's currently on tour in support of the record.
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Eleanor Friedberger at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (06/08/13)
all live photographs courtesy of Jonathan Wirkus/Jonathan Wirkus Photography
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