The Fiery Furnaces’ sixth album, Widow City, comes out in North America on Tuesday, October 9th, on Thrill Jockey Records. Buy it here. It comes out in Europe on Monday, October 15th, also on Thrill Jockey Records. It comes out in Australia on October 6th. It comes out in Japan on October 10th.

Someone in some street said to someone standing to the side that it was the band’s best album yet. You should therefore order quickly. It is available on compact disc and “double gatefold vinyl”.

The Fiery Furnaces will be playing shows in North America from October 9th to November 3rd. They will be playing concerts in Europe from November 6th to the 30th.

Someone else on some other street said to the same person mentioned above that the band never sounded better. It features Robert D’Amico sitting and playing a drum kit, Jason Loewenstein standing and playing his bass guitar, Eleanor Friedberger standing around singing, and Matthew Friedberger lounging there, playing four or five keyboards. You should therefore order your tickets quickly.

The Fiery Furnaces have a new web site, which you are looking at now. It is called Automatic Husband and is the band’s virtual companion. It will be updated very often and will feature content obviously and not-necessarily-obviously related to the band. You should therefore navigate to it regularly.

The Fiery Furnaces have a new pamphlet or book nearly ready. It is a version of their album Blueberry Boat and features the lyrics, much improved and translated into many ‘languages’. More importantly, it has, instead of the ‘music’, illustrations by Mike Reddy.
A biography of Mike Reddy is forthcoming for this site. The band will be selling a version of the book at shows starting on the 9th of October. It will be available for purchase via the internet very soon after. Details (also) forthcoming.