Fiery Furnaces – Take Me Round Again [thrilljockey, 2009]

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tracklist:
01 – I m Going Away – Matthew Friedberger
02 – I m Going Away – Eleanor Friedberger
03 – Keep Me in the Dark – Eleanor Friedberger
04 – Cut the Cake – Eleanor Friedberger
05 – Even in the Rain – Eleanor Friedberger
06 – Drive to Dallas – Matthew Friedberger
07 – Keep Me in the Dark – Matthew Friedberger
08 – Ray Bouvier – Eleanor Friedberger
09 – Cups Punches – Eleanor Friedberger
10 – Take Me Round Again – Matthew Friedberger
11 – Cut the Cake – Matthew Friedberger
12 – Staring at the Steeple – Matthew Friedberger

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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 [http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com/site/deaf-descriptions/], 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.”