A track taken from the excellent album, “Night Surfer.” If I Was A Baby: I’ve never done a cover before—at least not since Queen Bee by the great Jack Clement on the first record. This is an Ezra Furman song. I’m a big fan. The drummer went home early that night so we cut this spontaneously. I think this is from Ezra’s first record. He’s got a mess of great songs. We were supposed to play some gigs together in the UK on the LFR tour a while back. But he and his band got stopped at UK customs and sent back. I was disappointed, but it also kind of warmed my heart.
Night Surfer, is Chuck Prophet’s thirteenth studio album for the acclaimed singer songwriter, released September 23rd on Yep Roc Records.
Night Surfer was recorded in Prophet’s hometown of San Francisco at Decibelle Recording Studio, and in Nashville’s Alex the Great with producer Brad Jones (Cotton Mather, Matthew Sweet, Imperial Drag).
Says Prophet: “There are a lot of little stories on Night Surfer. But they seem to add up to one big story. What that overarching story is, I am not really sure, but I’ll know it when it punches me in the face. It’s loosely conceptual but universal all the same, I’d contend. And of course, you’ll find it laced with humor and a persistent anxiety throughout. And while I had originally considered all this leaning toward the dystopian, now I wonder. The future might just save us. But we have to get there first.
Night Surfer is all about a musical path forward, about looking around and imagining where we’ll be in 20 years if we just follow that path.”
The Fat Angel Sings 