I'm Going Away is the Fiery Furnaces’ Eighth album. It was recorded by and mixed with Jason Loewenstein at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 in New York City. Jason also played bass and Robert D'Amico played drums. All songs were written together by Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, except for the title track, which is "trad. Arranged by." Eleanor wrote most of the lyrics; Matt wrote most of the music and also produced the album.



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New album due out July 21 on Thrill Jockey Records, track listing is:

01 I'm Going Away
02 Drive To Dallas
03 The End Is Near
04 Charmaine Champagne
05 Cut The Cake
06 Even In The Rain
07 Staring At The Steeple
08 Ray Bouvier
09 Keep Me In Dark
10 Lost At Sea
11 Cups and Punches
12 Take Me Round Again

how does this band have 8 albums?

one of the top three bands going right now, they have an album or EP per year.

Oooooh, cannot wait for this. This is going to be a great year for music!

I have "Drive To Dallas" and "I'm Going Away" on itunes and gotta say I hope the rest of it is better. Padding tunes out by repeating lyrics is not something they should do.

right behind The Dirty Projectors in the worst bands category...fuck this band, they're terrible.

so when did fiery furnaces start writing songs again? i'm listening to this as someone who hasn't liked anything by them since "single again" and i'm enjoying it much more than i thought i would.

I just came by the board to post about how much I like this record. It's grown on me significantly.

I like this band but this hasn't blown me away yet.

Matthew Friedberger is joint first biggest douche I've ever experienced at a concert.

He chastised the crowd like a cross teacher for making too much noise during his knitting needle solo, or whatever the fuck he was doing up there.

can't wait for this to hit emusic. It's been too long since their last full length.

Once again, this record has grown on me immensely. It might be one of the most simplistic rock records I've ever heard – repetition, no flourishes – and may only succeed on the hook every song is built toward, but I like it for that, especially against the density of Widow City, and beforehand. Seems like this record came and went with little fanfare, same as the band's touring. I saw them accidentally playing the downstairs at El Mocambo in Toronto, when I was upstairs Saturday for my cousin's show.

fuck you, dude, seriously.

One of my favorite current bands.

Just got the live record on vinyl for $10 recently. Incredible. I can't think of a release that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. I think the warning that they put on the live record was apt--don't try to digest it all at once. Their full-lengths are somewhat in the same category. There's a lot of layers happening.

Matthew Friedberger's solo effort is amazing as well. I picked it up on the first release, and I'm glad to see that it got re-released so that more people could wade in.

i'd be curious to hear his solo release, but i especially like her.

where'd you find it for $10? used? they had it for $25 at merch the other night, which i though was reasonable, but i didn't grab it.

It was on clearance at a record store in Baltimore. Brand spanking new. Didn't think twice about snatching that up. Its a brick, and it included dls.

you got any code left? i've yet to hear it. clearance is a beautiful word.