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Boy and Girl blues rock is the new black
at the moment, as American siblings Eleanor and Matt are about
to inflict their own brand of home mad blues rock upon the
unsuspecting public. The vocal duties on this track lie solely
in Eleanor's VV Kills mixed with Tammy Wynnette takes us on
a typically dreary journey through mundane, urban American
life:
"On the bus bye, bye Moline.
Look at the water:
Filthy, dirty, cloudy, muddy, messy, mucky, crystal clear"
This is an old style, sharp two minute number
with a nifty piano solo sandwiched between lively and snappy
guitars. Mathew takes over the main vocal duty in B-side 'Cousin
Chris', which again contains a sharp piano backing, giving
The Fiery Furnaces an extra dimension and an advantage over
other blues rockers on account of this. Think Billy Bragg
meets The Who with a dose of The Kills mixed in for good measure.
The single is complemented by the most mournful track of the
intriguing trio of songs, as topics such as bad luck and alcohol
gets thrown into The Fiery
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