EZRA FURMAN // In Stereo Session
In Stereo Sessions
Ezra Furman plays In Stereo Sessions at Factory Studios, UK. Filmed by Blacklight Productions and sound by Dom Mitchison of Malthouse.
Ezra Furman plays In Stereo Sessions at Factory Studios, UK. Filmed by Blacklight Productions and sound by Dom Mitchison of Malthouse.
6. Ezra Furman – Twelve Nudes (Bella Union )
A howl of rage at the state the world, and especially the USA, delivered in 28 minutes of furious punk, with a little glam rock on the side, but never is it hollow. As Furman declares on ‘Evening Prayer aka Justice’: “If you’ve got the taste for transcendence. Then translate your love into action. And participate in the fight now. For a creed, you can truly believe.” Amen to that!
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“Ezra Furman returns with his first single for Clam Down AKA I Should Not Be Alone off his new album Twelve Nudes (due 8/30/19).”
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Twelve Nudes, his new and “spiritually queer” punk record, continues this same wavelength, and is an incendiary and inspiring follow-up. Across the album, Furman channels pent-up energy, distinguished by sharp, lacerating observations, confessions and proclamations
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Nobody queers classic rock purposefulness with anxious punk frenzy quite like Furman, who firehoses lyrics at you like he’s desperately trying to bail out his flooded brain.
As is typically the case with Furman’s songwriting, “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone” just shreds. Furman has always been able to bridge this gap between pop-rock and garage meltdowns with a particular punk-rock sensibility; the immediately laid-back and groovy bass line that kicks the song off paves the way for an absolute ripper of a bridge that finds Furman yelling, supportively, at the listener to calm down. —Harry Todd
Ezra Furman has announced a new “spiritually queer” album called Twelve Nudes. It’s out August 30 via Bella Union. Today, he’s dropped the LP’s lead single “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone.” It arrives with an animated video directed by Beth Jeans Houghton (aka Du Blonde).
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Ezra Furman Announces New Album, Twelve Nudes, Due August 30th Via Bella Union, And North American and European Tour
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Ezra Furman is pleased to announce his new album, Twelve Nudes, due August 30th via Bella Union. 2018 was a championing year for Furman – since the release of the “layered, baroque pop melodrama” (Billboard) Transangelic Exodus, Furman has garnered immense praise, both forTransangelic Exodus and the soundtrack he created for Netflix’s Sex Education (he and his band also appeared in an episode). Twelve Nudes, his new and “spiritually queer” punk record, continues this same wavelength, and is an incendiary and inspiring follow-up. Across the album, Furman channels pent-up energy, distinguished by sharp, lacerating observations, confessions and proclamations. Additionally, Furman shares the lead single / video, “Calm Down” (aka “I Should Not Be Alone”) and announces a North American and European tour.
Ezra Furman has announced a new album, Twelve Nudes, and shared a video for its first single (and opening track) “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone.” He’s also announced some tour dates. Twelve Nudes is due out August 30 via Bella Union. Beth Jeans Houghton (aka Du Blonde) directed the animated “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone” video. Watch it below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as the tour dates.
Furman had this to say “This is our punk record, we made it in Oakland, quickly. We drank and smoked. Then we made the loud parts louder. I hurt my voice screaming. This was back in 2018 when things were bad in the world. The songs are naked with nothing to hide. Desperate times make for desperate songs. I wrote this in the summer of 2018, a terrible time. It’s the sound of me struggling to admit that I’m not okay with the current state of human civilization, in which bad men crush us into submission. Once you admit how bad it feels to live in a broken society, you can start to resist it, and imagine a better one.”
Perpetually underrated indie-rock mainstay Ezra Furman has shared the lead single from his forthcoming album Twelve Nudes, out Aug. 30. It’s accompanied by a colorfully macabre music video that visualizes the song’s panic attack-driven narrative, as Furman dances, falls and smokes through the anxiety.
Ezra Furman, has revealed his new full-length, Twelve Nudes, will arrive on August 30th via Bella Union. Twelve Nudes, is described as his new and “spiritually queer” punk record. Along with the news, Furman, has shared the lead single and video, “Calm Down” (aka “I Should Not Be Alone”), with new tour dates
On May 21st Ezra Furman announced their new album Twelve Nudes, while also dropping lead single ‘Calm Down AKA I Should Not Be Alone.’ Coming out on August 30th through Bella Union, the album is the singer’s follow up to 2018’s Transangelic Exodus.
Ezra Furman has announced a new album, Twelve Nudes, due out August 30 Via Bella Union. The follow-up to 2017’s Transangelic Exodus features 11 new tracks, including the lead single, “Calm Down” (aka “I Should Not Be Alone”). It comes with an animated video directed by Beth Jeans Houghton. It was recorded in Oakland during the fall of 2018.
A year and a half removed from releasing his Transangelic Exodus album, Ezra Furman has shared the details behind a follow-up effort.
Titled Twelve Nudes, Furman’s latest arrives August 30 through Bella Union. Eleven tracks in length, Twelve Nudes was mixed by John Congleton and is referred to by Furman as “our punk record.”
“We made it in Oakland, quickly. We drank and smoked. Then we made the loud parts louder. I hurt my voice screaming,” Furman recalled. “This was back in 2018, when things were bad in the world. The songs are naked with nothing to hide.”
Ezra Furman is back with a new album Twelve Nudes, which will be out August 30 via Bella Union. For it he worked with in-demand producer John Congleton and Ezra calls it a “spiritually queer” punk record and “a slice of pure agitated rage.” You can hear what Ezra means on the “freaked-out banger” of a first single. “Desperate times make for desperate songs,” says Furman. “I wrote this in the summer of 2018, a terrible time. It’s the sound of me struggling to admit that I’m not okay with the current state of human civilization, in which bad men crush us into submission. Once you admit how bad it feels to live in a broken society, you can start to resist it, and imagine a better one.” Watch the animated video for “Calm Down AKA I Should Not Be Alone,” made by Beth Jeans Houghton, below.
Described in a press release as Furman’s “‘spiritually queer’ punk record,” Twelve Nudes was recorded in Oakland during the fall of 2018. With Jay Reatard and philosopher Anne Carson as his spiritual guides, Furman sought to confront his pent-up rage at the misbalanced state of culture and politics.
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On Tuesday Ezra Furman announced a new album, Twelve Nudes, and released its first single, “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone.” The song is accompanied by a surreal animated video by Beth Jeans Houghton, a.k.a. Du Blonde.
“Desperate times make for desperate songs,” Furman said of “Calm Down” in a press release. “I wrote this in the summer of 2018, a terrible time. It’s the sound of me struggling to admit that I’m not OK with the current state of human civilization, in which bad men crush us into submission. Once you admit how bad it feels to live in a broken society, you can start to resist it, and imagine a better one.”
Netflix’s latest release, Sex Education, features a mixtape worthy mix of ’80s and ’90s hits by bands such as The Psychedelic Furs, a-ha, The Cure, Violent Femmes, and Bikini Kill. Not content to firmly root itself in a soundtrack made up entirely of throwbacks, Sex Education creators worked with songwriter Ezra Furman for the rest of the soundtrack, which is a mix of originals and songs he wrote for his last album, Transangelic Excellence.
Oli Julian (Catastrophe, Cuckoo, Plebs) has composed the original score for the first season of the new Netflix original series Sex Education. The show also features original songs by singer/songwriter Ezra Furman.
Ezra Furman has written the soundtrack for new Netflix series, “Sex Education”, airing today (Friday, January 11th). The soundtrack features new original songs recorded during the summer, as well as songs from his previous albums.
This week in Ezra Furman news: The Bay Area musician with a sizable following in the UK was tapped to create the soundtrack to the British-produced coming-of-age comedy, Sex Education.
In a new volume of Bloomsbury’s 33 ⅓ series, Berkeley-based singer-songwriter Ezra Furman dissects Lou Reed’s second solo album with a thoroughness and fervor that could only come from someone who has loved him for years.