Winter Women and Holy Ghost Language School are two albums by Matthew Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces recorded, unlike The Fiery Furnaces records, without his sister Eleanor Friedberger.

Winter Women – 62:44 Bonus Tracks from 2009 rerelease- Holy Ghost Language School – 46:09 Bonus Tracks from 2009 rerelease- Despite the solo albums The Fiery Furnaces will continue releasing new material as a group.

When asked by Pitchfork about the reason for them being recorded/released separately Matthew, who writes most of the music and lyrics for The Fiery Furnaces responded with: "Eleanor's on vacation, We have a logjam of records, so [this is] the only way to have something come out relatively quickly.

While Winter Women is a more conventional collection of songs, the second record Holy Ghost Language School is a narrative-based concept album, although it has significantly fewer lyrics.

Matthew Friedberger played the majority of the instruments on the records and did most of the production work but John McEntire from Tortoise and Josh Johannpeter from Mahjongg helped out by providing some of the non-synthesized drums.