From a singer who in Fiery Furnaces could come across as someone backing you into a corner and talking a mile a minute while giving you the unsettling feeling she’s thinking over every word as she says it, music that, with no sense of hurry, wraps each song around the next. Angelo Badalamenti synths from old Julee Cruise records carry the tunes as if teaching them how to swim.
On Eleanor Friedberger’s Rebound, from the June edition of Real Life Rock Top 10, in the latest issue of villagevoice.com. (Also featured: Jay-Z & Beyoncé at the Louvre, death music by Neil Young, Pere Ubu on Jeopardy.)
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