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May 22, 2013 · a series of eight albums seemingly intended as intellectual experiments, Eleanor Friedberger has taken a more traditional approach, beginning with 2011’s low-key delight of a debut solo record, Last Summer. This follow-up is a more expansive – commercial, even – record than anything either of the Furnaces have put their name to. In many ...
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Personal Record is the second solo album released by American indie pop musician Eleanor Friedberger, most notable for being vocalist in the band The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. The album was released on 4 June 2013 on the Merge Records label.
Spinning unexpectedly compelling narratives out of party-hopping New York nights ("When I Knew") and solitary shut-in afternoons ("My Own World") alike, the songs on Personal Record feel like...
Jul 8, 2013 · Eleanor Friedberger has collaborated on all of these new songs with John Wesley Harding, the British singer-songwriter and novelist. It's always dicey for an outsider to try and guess who ...
Mar 6, 2013 · Perhaps those are all influences, but Friedberger has distilled them and put them through a contemporary musical prism. The result: a talented recording artist making honest, well-crafted pop songs. And that's something that is sorely needed in this sterile, digitized era.
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Jun 4, 2013 · If Last Summer shut the door on Friedberger’s former knack for erratic musicianship and off-the-cuff arrangements, Personal Record slides the bolt firmly in place.
