Matthew Friedberger

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Matthew Friedberger, born 21st October 1972, is one half of the brother and sister band, The Fiery Furnaces where he plays the majority of the instruments and provides some vocals. Prior to starting The Fiery Furnaces, Matthew Friedberger played in various other bands, including Corndolly, Liquorette, The Mezzanines and The Grand Vizars.
His first solo release is a double album entitled “Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School” and was released on August 8, 2006.

It is believed during the recording process Matthew played every single instrument himself except for a few drumbeats. Winter Woman has been described as a “breezy summer album” as Matt explores his more poppy songwriting skills. A rather eclectic album, Winter Woman takes many styles which come together to create distinict and very differant tracks, though the album doesn’t sound too disjointed and flows fairly well.
In contrast Holy Ghost Language School is more of a concept album, Matt himself describes it as “a noise record” and “an obscure story about christian businessmen.”
After the release Matt has stated that he has no plans to tour but instead intends to head back to the studio with his sister Eleanor Friedberger to record another Fiery Furnaces album, which is believed to be released in the summer of 2007.

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slunkie wrote:
last week

Matt Friedberger got pwnd by Beck. http://pitchfork.com/news/37147-beck-writes-song-about-harry-partch/

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jfolzz wrote:
19 days ago

i wish this guy didn't suck at making music otherwise he might be good

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ilikequarters wrote:
27 days ago

so right and real, it must be right and real

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jamygabb wrote:
August 2009

Yesssssss!

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seeeasick wrote:
August 2009

I still can't get enough of this.

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jamygabb wrote:
August 2009

But with so much more talent than John Mayer!

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Jinxy_McDeath wrote:
August 2009

He looks like John Mayer and Michael Showalter had a baby.

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justfetus wrote:
July 2009

This man is a genius.

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jamygabb wrote:
July 2009

He sorta does look like Michael Showalter...but Matthew doesn't have the nose.

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stevehazzard wrote:
April 2009

Probably my hero...managed to see the Furnaces nearly every time they've played around here, and this man can do it all...great songs, great pianist, can really shred on guitar when he has to, nice melding of pop and experimental...and he looks just like Michael Showalter!

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lunawhistler wrote:
March 2009

Just began listening to it. I'm very impressed!

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seeeasick wrote:
January 2009

I can't get enough of this.

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ihateRBF wrote:
March 2008

I agree, the vocals are way too low. Great zany tunes though.

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criscodisco17 wrote:
April 2007

I am the biggest fiery furnaces fan, but i cant seem to find holy ghost/winter women anywhere... can anyone help me obtain the album somehow?

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MiniMe_Miri wrote:
April 2007

Ah and I love Winter Women better; I like it sounds bad, haha. I'm from Hong Kong, bought his album because I heard Do you like Blondes in HMV.

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MiniMe_Miri wrote:
April 2007

Somebody knows how I can write to Mr Matthew Friedberger?

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Mynoreti wrote:
March 2007

with hair and makeup by the way...

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jamygabb wrote:
January 2007

Thanks Blancheflower!

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blancheflower wrote:
November 2006

Here's a link to an excerpt of a comic book that Matthew wrote the words to and was illustrated by Mike Reddy, who did the cover artwork for 'WW/HGLS', the Furnaces' 'RMC', 'BT' and the 'Crystal Clear' single. What a fantastic style! http://www.mikereddy.com/impelf/

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Dusterdb88 wrote:
October 2006

@ blancheflower, i'm not sure about where i heard it first but here is a link to an interview that talks about it at some point: http://www.kotorimag.com/?p=article&id=5

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