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The rhythm and word plays are at such high levels -- lyrics are often delivered rapid-fire with interruptions occurring seamlessly in rhyme and in tempo -- it's hard not to be won over pretty much from the start

but a subtle nod to diehards in their so-called Skeleton Clique

Eleanor Friedberger New View CD Gatefold Case Painted Shut is a groundedOn New View, Eleanor Friedberger's solo work remains as laid back and straightforward as her music with the Fiery Furnaces was lively and complex. Recorded with her band Icewater after a move to upstate New York, her third album reaffirms that one of her greatest gifts as a solo artist is the fresh personality she brings to classic rock stylings that could seem stuffy in almost anyone else's hands. She plays into and against those traditions