Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Ezra Furman - "Poor Girl a Long Way From Heaven"

Photo by Tonje Thilesen

There is no artist out there making music quite like Ezra Furman is. Her latest single, "Poor Girl a Long Way From Heaven," Furman takes her trademark unique blend of indie rock and pop and injects a little bit of gospel or spiritual music into it. Furman's music combines a vibe that is hers and hers alone with sounds that are almost familiar. "Poor Girl a Long Way From Heaven" has an interesting 1980's Madonna goes modern indie rock feel, which mostly comes from Furman's delivery. There aren't many (or truly, any) indie artists out there today that are going to remind you of gospel and Madonna, but that's the beauty of Ezra Furman.

Ezra Furman says of her new single:

“The spiritual life ain’t all pious platitudes. This song is about how weird it gets, when you’re in love with the Source of Being and She’s not texting you back. Ever since it hit me that I was never going to be loved and accepted on the scale of my pop star heroes, me and my bandmates have started to work on a different vision of pop, one more our own, one that gestures at the stranger truths of the human mind. Here we are in thrall to verbally adventurous nineties music like Bjork and Beck and the Silver Jews and them kinda non-linear geniuses.”

You can watch the video for "Poor Girl a Long Way From Heaven" below. All of Us Flames is due out August 26 on Bella Union, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on Ezra Furman, check out the artist's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.


Sun. Aug. 14 - Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom ^Tues. Aug. 16 - Milwaukee, WI @ UWM Panther Arena ^Wed. Aug. 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park ^Thu. Aug. 18 - Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man FestivalTues. Aug  23 - Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh International FestivalWed. Aug 24 – Leeds, UK, - Brudenell Social ClubMon. Sep. 12 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa  !Tue. Sep. 13 - Toronto, ON @ Rec Room  !Wed. Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch !Thu. Sep. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Small's !Fri. Sep. 16 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar !Sun. Sep. 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts !Mon. Sep. 19 - Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom !Tue. Sep. 20 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair  !Wed. Sep. 21 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall !Thu. Sep. 22 - Dover, DE @ Firefly FestivalMon. Oct. 31 - Bruges, BE @ Cactus ClubTue. Nov. 1 - Paris, FR @ Le TrabendoWed. Nov. 2 - Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli VredenburgThu. Nov. 3 - Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & GefährlichSat. Nov. 5 - Cologne, DE @ KulturkircheSun. Nov. 6 - Berlin, DE @ Festsaaal KreutzbergMon. Nov. 7 - Prague, CZ @ RoxyTue. Nov. 8 - Vienna, AT @ Arena WienWed. Nov. 9 - Graz, AT @ Dom Im BergThurs. Nov. 10 – Leipzig, DE - TransCentury Update FestivalSat. Nov. 12 - Fribourg, CH @ Fri-SonSun. Nov. 13 - Munich, DE @ FreiheitshalleMon. Nov. 14 - Frankfurt, DE @ ZoomWed. Nov. 16 - Brighton, UK @ St Georges ChurchThu. Nov. 17 - London, UK @ The RoundhouseSat. Nov. 19 - Birmingham, UK @ The MillMon. Nov. 21 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz ^ with Jack White! with Art Moore supportingAll Oct/Nov shows are with The Golden Dregs supporting

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