Weirdo Anglo-American, NYC-based brother and sister pair Matt and Eleanor from THE FIERY FURNACES turned in one of the best singles of 2003 with the loopy, time-signature defying, but still intrinsically pop "Crystal Clear" and now thy're at it again.
"Tropical Ice-Land" is a cool single. In barely three minutes, it's "Nuggets" meets roller rink organ, melded to dub-by style backwards psych-FX and a soupcon of They Might Be Giants. Unlike "Crystal Clear" it's a tad more linear, but - importantly - still done very much on t'Furnaces terms.
Indeed, if such a thing as a kooky, indie hit with bags of imagination thrown in still exists, then "Tropical Ice-Land" is pretty much the embodiment of it. Where The Fiery Furnaces are concerned, vive la unpredictability.
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