"The Fiery Furnaces had no expectations for their second album, 2004's Blueberry Boat. The sibling duo recorded it before their debut had even come out, and so had no idea that 2003's Gallowsbird's Bark would receive such wild acclaim: in an 8.4 review, Pitchfork called its shambolic rock'n'roll and frontwoman Eleanor Friedberger's arcane lyricism a a mess of weird, undulating musical bits that are hugely intriguing despite not always making a whole shitload of sense."
"They were busy fulfilling a five-album deal with Rough Trade, a luxury that was pretty much par for the course as a buzzy Brooklyn band in the time of the Strokes and Interpol not that their Beefhearty blues had much in common with preening rock revivalism. I thought they were so bad. I just didn't give a shit about that stuff, was one of Eleanor's withering contributions to the scene oral history Meet Me in the Bathroom."
"We were a New York band, and there were a lot of bands where that's what people knew about them, says Matthew, 52, on a three-way call with his sister, 49. That seemed to be the distinguishing feature: they were from New York and sort of new-wavy. Why were they meant to be good? I was pleased with the idea that with Blueberry Boat, at least it would be hard to lump us in with them."
The Fiery Furnaces recorded Blueberry Boat before their debut was released and had no expectations for its reception. Gallowsbird's Bark later drew unexpected critical acclaim, including an 8.4 Pitchfork review praising chaotic rock'n'roll and arcane lyricism. The duo fulfilled a five-album deal with Rough Trade while resisting comparison to contemporaneous New York guitar bands. Siblings Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger moved from Chicago; Matthew bought Eleanor instruments and she enlisted him to play. Blueberry Boat became a 75-minute, piratical travelogue-cum-rock opera inspired by The Who's suites, earning a 9.6 Pitchfork score and wide alternative-press coverage.
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