The Fiery Furnaces' Toshi Yano will be filling
in for Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy on
the first two dates of Franz Ferdinand's US
Tour (Detroit on December 1 and Philadelphia
on December 2). Bob was hospitalized in Osaka
at the end of November, then moved to Tokyo
for treatment with gastroenteritis, a viral
infection of the digestive tract usually known
as the stomach flu.
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NOV 24.04
Just in from Rough Trade America: a new Fiery
Furnaces EP will be released on January 11th,
2005 in the US. The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Single Again
2. Here Comes the Summer
3. Evergreen
4. Sing For Me
5. Tropical Ice-Land
6. Duffer St. George
7. Smelling Cigarettes
8. Cousin Chris
9. Sweet Spots
10. Sullivans Social Slub
According to Rough Trade, an online promotion
for the EP is being planned through their website,
as well as nationwide distribution of the EP to
music retailers. The tracks 'Here Comes The Summer'
and 'Sullivans Social Club' have previously been
unreleased.
The Fiery Furnaces are featured in the current issue of Under The Radar Magazine, titled 'The Protest Issue'. As you may have read on this page previously, the issue deals witth the intersection of politics and music A picture of The Fierys holding a protest sign published in the magazine was auctioned some time ago (see earlier news). A two page article on The Fiery Furnaces was also published in the magazine, and you can view a scan here. To read the article, go here.
NOV 05.04
