The Fiery Furnaces in Columbus Two Weekends Ago

I was gonna write up a review but I figure this e-mail I wrote pretty much sums up my feelings about the show:

jerry,

were you at the fiery furnaces show @ WEX on saturday? when i saw them a few months ago at little broz i loved their dense, maddening set that seemed like it wouldn’t end. this time around, i think i sorta hated the show. they seemed disconnected from the audience, and after a few songs when they said “ok, now we’re gonna play our new album that isn’t out yet” things went from bad to worse. i don’t think it was because i was unfamiliar with the songs that i really got bored quick.

so bored i left before the show was over. it was only $6 so i figure i got my money’s worth, but man, i was really disappointed.

love,
robert