Ezra Furman
Fri, November 8, Doors: 9:30 pm - Show: 10:00 pm - 21+ - $10 Artist Website
The Vaudeville Mews presents...
Chicago native Ezra Furman's solo debut The Year Of No Returning is being released for the first time on CD by venerable independent label Bar/None Records. The album was recorded in Chicago in the attic/studio at the top of his former residence, produced and co-masterminded by Tim Sandusky. The Year Of No Returning hits stores July 16.
The Year Of No Returning explores dark chamber pop, tough-guy garage rock and sad, gorgeous balladry. Furman was joined in the studio by a bunch of fiery local musicians who have since coalesced into his touring band "The Boy-Friends." Furman sings in an uniquely stylized yet powerful voice that alternates between odd, tremulous beauty and startling, guttural viscerality. Ezra songwriting is top-drawer throughout, rooted in tradition, but always with a twisted unsettling tone. "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" is a haunting account of deep alienation and isolation featuring an inventive, pulsing arrangement of saxophone, clarinet and sleigh bells. "That's When it Hit Me" goes into full-on rock'n'roll mode, Furman and his drummer howling drunkenly through an account of graphic violence inflicted on the singer. "The Queen of Hearts" closes the proceedings with a wounded but hopeful declaration of spiritual independence. Throughout the album, senses bold ambition and grand artistry in the tradition of songwriting giants of the past, but set apart by an undercurrent of deranged, ragged glory. With:
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