fiery furnaces

new band to me, i've been listening to their new album "bitter tea" (which i don't think is actually released yet...).

my first impression that this is really weird. like white stripes + radiohead + bjork. i can only describe it as electronic-folk-experimental. it's definitely one of those albums where each individual track isn't very strong by itself but the sum is very extraordinary within the context of an album. and i can't imagine most of these tracks being radio-friendly either.

it really grew on me and i've really liked it once i got used to it. i'm going have to grab their earlier stuff. i wish there were samples or something somewhere i could point you to but i guess this older material is good for a flavor.