Did you ever think of me as kind of a lovable loser? This is a vulnerable question for me to ask you. (I can already hear the response: “I wouldn’t say ‘lovable’…”) But this is how I’ve cast myself in our new song. “One Hand Free.”
We recorded it in the same sessions as our record “Goodbye Small Head“, but left it off because I tyrannically declared that it didn’t fit the album, even though we all loved it. It’s a tale of isolation and romantic disaffection that has escalated to the level of biological identity. Did you ever get so bummed out that you were no longer sure what class of animal you were? This is my despondent disavowal of mammalian membership. But in a fun way!
We made a music video for it too. Boston music scene legend JJ Gonson shot some of it with me at a the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Our great drummer Sam Durkes put the rest of it together and edited it and made it the odd little post-MTV experience that it is. He designed the cover art for the single too. Because he’s the best.
I think “One Hand Free” might also be a break-up song about the end of a long abusive relationship, namely, my imagined love-hate affair with the pop culture public at large. I just have this general feeling like I’m done with letting their cruel gaze take up space in my head?
Not you guys, though. You guys are my one and onlys.
Anyway, parse that for awhile if you will, or just enjoy the gorgeous alt-country sounds of the Ezra Furman Band at our effortless best.
The Fat Angel Sings 