Brooklyn-based indie rock band Fiery Furnaces is coming to London for the first time on Sunday, and they couldn’t be happier.

With a reputation for frequently varying their sound, Fiery Furnaces are going to focus about half their performance on their latest record, I’m Going Away. However, they’re going to do without one of the album’s main instruments — the piano.

“There’s guitar, bass and drums for this tour,” says Matt Friedberger, one half of the Fiery Furnaces duo. “It will hopefully be a good old-fashioned Canadian rock show.”

While fans may initially be disappointed by the performance switch-up, Friedberger is confident their unique performance will be well received.

“If the band has recorded it one-way, and they play it differently another way, you’re more free to imagine it a different way, and make it your own rock and pop song,” he says.

HOW’S THIS FOR ANGRY? The brother-sister duo of Eleanor and Matt Friedberger bring their musical act The Fiery Furnaces to Call the Office on Sunday evening.

Compared to prior albums, I’m Going Away has a distinct upbeat tone. Although some bands take pride in branding their own distinct sound, Friedberger believes branding constrains the musical potential of their band.

“You […] can’t make a record like the last one,” he says. “I know for me, our last record called Remember was very long, very complicated and very aggressive. It made sense to have the new songs be very mellow and amiable.”

Having never visited London before, the band has high hopes for a positive reception from a Canadian crowd.

“I think that they will be amiable and ready to make some dry wit jokes,” he says.

Fiery Furnaces will play at least one song from their other seven albums. With each album boasting a distinct sound, the band hopes to attract a variety of fans.

“Audiences of certain types of rock music are the same all around the world in a certain sense,” Friedberger says. “What’s different is the broader context in which the people choose to listen to that sort of music that you’re playing, and what that sort of music means in their social lives.”

An experimental band with a devoted fan base, Fiery Furnaces knows their performance quality is vital to the band’s success.

“There’s a performance art aspect of rock-and-roll where somebody has an image and they manipulate that image of the performance,” Friedberger says.

The band has learned from experience that changing the song instrumentation and producing an engaging performance will satisfy audience members.

In past tours, Fiery Furnaces have only made a stop in Toronto when making their way across the province and are thrilled at the opportunity to play in another Ontario city.

“It’s not a joke. We are excited to get to play in a place we haven’t played, especially because it’s a place you get to drive past normally,” Friedberger says.

Fiery Furnaces play Call the Office on Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance.