Rebound

AlbumMay 04 / 201810 songs, 40m 10s
Indie Pop
Popular
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8.1 / 10

On her fourth solo album, Eleanor Friedberger embraces ’80s goth pop and explores a newly fragmented internal landscape as a post-election expat in Greece.

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Ambient techno master Jon Hopkins balances dance-floor euphoria with armchair contemplation on Singularity, while German producer DJ Koze’s excellent Knock Knock feels like a day spent in paradise, and the Fiery Furnaces sound creeps back in on Eleanor Friedberger’s fourth solo LP, Rebound. These, plus Belly, Iceage,…

6 / 10

On her fourth solo album, the former Fiery Furnace reinvents herself in synthpop's image.

A surreal trip that feels like you’re voyaging through someone else’s dreams or scattered, fragmented memories.

This week, Plan B returns with his first solo album in over eight years, while Peace and Frank Turner both preach a little more compassion

Since her days with the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger's travels have sparked some of her best music, and Rebound is no exception.

When it comes to neatly capturing knotty feelings and subtle changes of mood, on Rebound Eleanor Friedberger remains one of indie rock’s masters.

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Now four albums and seven years away from the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger continues to let her songwriting range over new sounds. Re...

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Rebound marks Eleanor Friedberger's fourth solo release since the disbandment/extended hiatus of her former band The Fiery Furnaces in 2011, a band that she was a member of alongside her brother Matthew Friedberger.

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Although she's perhaps better known as the co-founder of the avant-garde rock duo the Fiery Furnaces (alongside her brother, Matthew), American...

8.0 / 10

'Rebound' by Eleanor Friedberger: Eleanor Friedberger creates a sound for her lyrics but doesn't always bring variety in our review of 'Rebound'

Friedberger’s fourth album is her best solo effort so far, with ideas about lack of communication and loneliness wrapped up in wit and wordplay

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Friedberger endows Rebound with self-awareness and emotional strength.

Album Reviews: Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound

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