The Fiery Furnaces are Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger’s rock ‘n’ roll band. A younger sister and an older brother, once called Pop’s New Prairie School by the New York Times, one assumes as a joke, being natives of Oak Park, IL, marooned in and around New York City the better or worse part of three decades, they write songs, record songs, and perform songs in a relatively distinctive manner. Between 2003 and 2009 TFF put out 8 albums of various lengths with various outfits, a highlight being the quadruple LP Bitter Tea/Rehearsing My Choir (unfortunately not released together). Since the pandemic they have played a number of shows in a number of configurations, sometimes with two drummers and as many synthesizers as possible, sometimes with just piano-playing and singing, and now: Guitar, Bass, and Drums. For further information, ask HAL 9000. Their dad did!