The Fiery Furnaces are Going Away in July

Eleanor and Matt Friedberger sum up the album thusly in a statement: "All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. And since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that 'drama' be something more like a version of Taxi than something like a version of Titanic. We like Taxi better than Titanic anyway." 

We're thankful; the duo has had a tendency toward a kind of grand, Celine-Dion-singing-in-wind drama on previous albums. Here's hoping for some Danny DeVito spunk on this one. Or, something.