Fires Were Shot ~ Pieces of the White Sun

After two albums and seven years off, Austin duo Fires Were Shot have released a new album each year for the past three years, marking their second phase as more prolific than their first.  2012’s Maritime was a single-track, 28-minute drone, while Pieces of the

ACL 2012: Top Ten Drone

The drone category might be defined as the extended notes that draw our interest and spark our imagination.  These drones range from the quiet and soothing to the loud and abrasive; at times they are musical, at other times random.

Fires Were Shot ~ Maritime

Of all the times, places, and ways to release an album, this may be the worst:  just before SXSW, in Austin, in the digital format.  This unusual hat trick comes across as a virtual cry for anonymity.  And yet, fame