Burning through tracks from Gigwise’s album of 2015, Perpetual Motion People, like it’s going out of fashion, Furman’s intense, frenetic energy – all twitches and shrugs – is captivating to watch. It stirs the crowd (which includes Bristol’s famous Big Jeff) into a frenzy. On ‘Ordinary Life’, one of the few moments the pace relents a little, he changes the line, “I’m sick of this record already” to “I’m sick of this broadcast already.” That may be so Ezra – but no-one else is.
Ezra Furman has been on a quest to cover some of the most beloved songs of all time, both old and contemporary, and the last one we heard from him was of LCD Soundsystem’s “I Can Change.” Today, Ezra Furman’s presented us with his rendition of the Replacements’ “Androgynous,” which to this day remains one of the band’s most quoted works. It’s a song that loosely narrates the physical appearance of a non-conformist punk couple, and though Paul Westerberg’s lyrics might not necessarily seem all that revolutionary in 2015, they were absolutely written as a declaration of liberation in 1984, when Let It Be was released. At its core, this is a song about feeling okay with who you are, regardless of whether your androgynous beauty turns heads or makes people wonder: “Is that a boy or a girl?” Listen to Furman’s version here.
Let’s talk about Ezra Furman for a minute. He’s an idiosyncratic, Chicago-grown, San Francisco-residing songwriter who creates collections of songs that, on the surface, don’t sound like they belong together. He’ll spray horns on a guitar-punk tune or drop brassy sounds on top of acoustic rhythms to achieve a kind of throwback (but not contrived) sound. Furman’s latest single, “Lousy Connection,” continues that by diving fully into unabashed doo-wop, with twinkly piano chords and bellowing sax notes coloring the edges. It’s a telling taste of his upcoming album, “Perpetual Motion People” , which Furman says was created by and for “people who can never truly settle.” What we’ve heard so far is good, and the fact that it is good raises a question: Are the ’50s the new ’80s? Will doo-wop and rockabilly cycle back into fashion in the later 2010s? While we wait to find out, Furman’s got us covered.
Ezra Furman and Bella Union are thrilled to announce the signing of Ezra Furman whose most fully realised album, chock full of snarling, zestful tunes, will be released Summer 2015. Pre-order the first single, “Restless Year”, on 7″ vinyl now!
Ezra Furman posted a protest song to soundcloud about the situation in Ferguson and the Killing of Mike Brown, perhaps we all need to know and find out what is happening in Ferguson, watching the events unfold is horrible and heart breaking for any City something new each day to be sadden about as the situation deteriorates.
Also check out the song from Joseph Arthur,
wonderful Ezra Furman from Chicago and his brilliant band the Boyfriends will be at the musician in Leicester tonight Monday 12th May, he was amazing at Live at Leeds and this session from the Bowlegs team in Brighton proves he is not to be missed. Ezra Furman with his Boyfriends is currently on tour will be playing The Musician in leicester
Ezra Furman as a former member of the Harpoons left the band an became band leader, A thoughtful lyricist with poetic inspirations sings in a slight nasal style his sound is raw deep and achingly sentimental, Ezra Furman and the Boyfriends will be at the Musician in Leicester
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