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Last Summer is the first solo album released by American indie pop musician Eleanor Friedberger, most notable for being the vocalist in the band The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. The album was released on 12 July 2011 on the Merge Records record label.
Jul 12, 2011 · Originally known as one-half of the brother-sister duo the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger headed out on her own in summer 2011, releasing her solo debut Last Summer. Eleanor’s music is equally playful, yet more straightforward than the Furnaces’ and pays homage to the introspective pop of the ’70s. ...
Last Summer. Eleanor Friedberger. 2011. 7.9. By Joshua Love. Genre: Rock. Label: Merge. Reviewed: July 12, 2011. The Fiery Furnaces singer's solo debut feels like a throwback to...
Jul 12, 2011 · On her impressive debut, Last Summer, Friedberger works with simpler material and sparser arrangements. Friedberger sings and talk-sings in phrases that can be nervously speedy or rhythmically incisive — or suddenly shift gears.
Eleanor Friedberger keeps it nice and breezy on her first solo album, Last Summer. Taking a step away from the top-heavy production style and high-concept drama of the Fiery Furnaces sound, she’s crafted a pretty neat and mostly gratifying summer album — a summer stoop album, to be exact.
Jul 12, 2011 · Last Summer by Eleanor Friedberger, released 12 July 2011 1. My Mistakes 2. Inn of the Seventh Ray 3. Heaven 4. Scenes from Bensonhurst 5. Roosevelt Island 6. Glitter Gold Year 7. One-Month Marathon 8. I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight 9. Owl's Head Park 10. Early Earthquake
Jul 11, 2011 · Compared to most of the band’s oeuvre, Last Summer is slim and focused, and surprisingly short on frenetic loopiness. It still retains many of the Fiery Furnaces’ signature affectations, cataloguing a summer’s worth of weird sights, offhand asides, and subway trips to Coney Island, but feels about three tons lighter than brother Matthew ...
