Restless sonic chameleons the Fiery Furnaces revolve around the brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, whose prickly childhood relationship and musical family set the stage for their playful, unpredictable music. The pair mix simple, poppy melodies with a dizzying array of wordplay, sounds, and influences, including the Who, Captain Beefheart, Os Mutantes; dashes of folk, blues, and garage rock.
Varying influences from the sonic explorations of Fripp & Eno to the fractured songwriting of the Pixies to the tranquility of 60's modal jazz to the DYI ethic of Fugazi, the craft and creativity behind MDD's sonic pallet lies in expansive musical taste. It all started when D wrote some songs on a beat up out of tune piano. D showed some demos to drummer/multi instrumentalist friend T. D and T put together a new project with the intent of recording based on D's demos. Drummer C jumped aboard and split drum and bass duties with T. Wanting a guitar presence in the sound, H joined the crew. MDD is currently recording they're debut record with plans for release in Spring 2008.