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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.
Sep 20, 2011 · Firey Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger's debut solo album Last Summer is due for release in November, so Erin Lyndal Martin spoke to her about how it came together
Jul 11, 2011 · “Inn of the Seventh Ray,” with its endless pleading chorus (“You promised to take me to the inn of the seventh ray”) strikes just the right mix of whininess and pretension to qualify as one of the most annoying tracks this year.
The conceit here is less esoteric. Last Summer finds Friedberger revisiting her "frame of mind" when she moved to New York a decade ago.
“Inn of the Seventh Ray,” curiously named after a California restaurant, explores Friedberger’s darker side, taking a psychedelic approach with its mysterious and sluggish pace, while ...
Nov 15, 2011 · Eleanor Friedberger, whose drawling soulful vocals you may recognise from when she was one half of The Fiery Furnaces with her brother, Matthew, has just released her first debut album, Last Summer. Transporting you to a world that falls in the no man's land between folk, soul and pop, where Friedberger's lyrics flow freely and…
Jul 12, 2011 · Music Critic review of Last Summer, the Jul 12, 2011 album release by Eleanor Friedberger. A welcome relief from The Fiery Furnaces’ spontaneous ad-libbing and warped song structures, Eleanor Friedberger’s seductively husky vocals are easily the most accessible aspect of the duo’s live performances.
