“The Wayward Granddaughter”

For Steve, who gave me a good hard laugh by suggesting this was the best album of the decade. In seriousness, though, his assertion of “at least the most interesting” deserves some consideration, and though I personally don’t like the Furnaces, they are creative, ambitious and fearless, which is more than can be said for much of the music released this decade and decades past.

There is furthermore some topical relevance, as Matthew Friedberger has recently embroiled himself in a weird sorta-not-really-feud with Beck and Radiohead, which you can get the gist of from this recent Pitchfork news item, if you like. It is unclear exactly what combination of total lunatic and/or pretentious asshole we should infer Friedberger to be based on this, but it resulted in a Beck song in tribute to Harry Partch, if nothing else, so.

Happy Thanksgiving.