The Fiery Furnaces signed with the Rough Trade Records music label in 2002, and recorded their debut album in the same year.
Gallowsbird's Bark, released in the autumn of 2003, garnered critical praise for its clever wordplay and original songwriting.
Anybody who thought they had the band pinned at that point was quickly proven wrong with the 2004 release Blueberry Boat, a rock-operatic album whose track lengths were often six minutes long or longer.
While some critics adored the album for its vast complexity, others found it all a little too overwhelming.
After releasing EP in 2005 (considered a full-length album because of its 41 minute play time, but is "officially" an EP) the band then released two further albums - Rehearsing My Choir (2005), a radio-dramaesque concept album about the Friedbergers' Greek grandmother; and Bitter Tea (2006), which is a comparably more conventional album built on still-bent song structures, but with more pop-oriented stylings.
In October 2007 the band released their fifth full-length album, Widow City.
Trivia
- Their name is both a reference to the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)" and to the book of Daniel in the Bible.
- Matthew Friedberger has also released two solo albums simultaneously.
- Eleanor Friedberger is rumoured to be in a relationship with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, because the song "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" from their second album is about her.
- Due to the garage blues elements of the band’s sound and the fact that the band members are siblings, The Fiery Furnaces was often compared by the press to The White Stripes (The White Stripes sometimes promote themselves as siblings, though they are not).
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I'm In No Mood
The Fiery Furnaces Lyrics
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There's a chill in the air.
And it's catching.
Catching.
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
There's a chill in the air.
And it's catching.
I was so drunk last night I didn't even undress for bed
And the pin in my hair was still stuck in my head
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
There's a chill in the air.
And it's catching, catching.
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
There's a chill in the air.
And it's catching, catching, catching
I was so drunk last night I didn't even undress for bed
And the pin in my hair was still stuck in my head
I was so drunk last night I didn't even undress for bed
And I swear the pin in my hair got stuck in my head
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
There's a chill in the air.
And the pin in my hair was stuck in my head
I didn't undress for bed
I was so drunk last night.
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
There's a chill in the air.
And it's catching, catching, catching, catching
I was so drunk last night I didn't even undress for bed
And I swear the pin in my hair got stuck in my head.
I swear the pin in my hair got stuck in my head
I didn't even undress for bed
I was so drunk last night.
The Fiery Furnaces's "I'm in No Mood" is a whimsical, off-kilter tune that is steeped in nonchalance and apathy. The repetition of the lyrics - "I'm in no mood to comb my hair, there's a chill in the air and it's catching" - creates a hypnotic effect that emphasizes the singer's disinterest in personal grooming. The song opens with the singer being too lazy to comb their hair, simply because they feel a chill in the air, and this laziness extends to other aspects of their life. The lyrics suggest that the singer was so drunk the previous evening that they didn't even bother undressing for bed, leaving a pin in their hair.
The lyrics of "I'm in No Mood" are open to interpretation, but one possible explanation is that the chill in the air represents the indifference that the singer feels towards life. The repeated phrase "and it's catching" suggests that this apathy is contagious, spreading to others. The pin stuck in the singer's head could be a symbol of a thought or idea that they just can't shake, despite their best efforts to do so. Overall, "I'm in No Mood" captures a unique and quirky snapshot of a person who is feeling disconnected from the world and caught in a cycle of lazy apathy.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm in no mood to comb my hair:
I don't feel like taking care of my appearance.
There's a chill in the air.
The weather is cold.
And it's catching.
The coldness is spreading.
Catching.
The coldness is contagious.
I was so drunk last night I didn't even undress for bed
I was heavily intoxicated and didn't sleep properly.
And the pin in my hair was still stuck in my head
I was so out of it that I didn't even notice the pin was still in my hair.
And I swear the pin in my hair got stuck in my head
I'm emphasizing that I was so drunk that the pin felt like it was stuck in my head.
And the pin in my hair was stuck in my head
I was so disoriented that I didn't realize the pin was still in my hair.
I didn't undress for bed
I was too intoxicated to change my clothes before sleeping.
And it's catching, catching, catching, catching
The coldness is spreading rapidly.
I swear the pin in my hair got stuck in my head
I'm repeating this line for emphasis.
I was so drunk last night.
I went way overboard with alcohol consumption.
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: MATTHEW FRIEDBERGER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Duboxe FirstTouch
May I present, the most underrated album on YouTube. I got some serious nostalgia from this. I remember listening to this when I was 4.
ferd2000
Porrrrrr finnnn laaaaa encontreeeeé pensé que mi vida iba a terminar sin saber de esta joya recuerdo que pasó en Ibero pero nadie me daba razón de ella, no sabía de quién era pero ya puedo estar tranquilo.
Sonial
Jaja yo la recuerdo igual de Ibero en 2006 (del turno de Pablo Zacarias y Sarastereo).
Desde entonces la habre escuchado unas mil veces. Incluso tengo el disco.
Llegara el momento en que estemos tan conectados que cuando alguien busque sin pistas algo que conozcamos muy bien, nos suene una alarma para poder ir a ayudar a ese buscador de ilusiones.
Garbagemon
Take every idea you have, stuff them all into one song. That's the fiery furnaces for ya. But that's why we love em.
danaic1
they are crazy!!!! hahahah! fantastic song!!!
Alex Finnarn
i suddenly feel self conscious about my hairdoo...aww shit I'm drinking wine
Merle Bardenoir
Cette chanson a une folie intéressante.
Sleeveless Shirt
Sounds like my insane mother on a good day....
Lance Tschirhart
I always thought she said "And I swear, the pain in my head got stuck in my head." Which also makes sense and I actually prefer
Emme
very nice tango!