Ezra Furman proclaims new album, Twelve Nudes, shares lead single, “Calm Down”: Stream
Ezra Furman has introduced a brand new album, Twelve Nudes. Serving because the follow-up to final yr’s Transangelic Exodus, the 11-track effort is due out August 30th Through Bella Union.
Described in a press launch as Furman’s “‘spiritually queer’ punk document,” Twelve Nudes was recorded in Oakland through the fall of 2018. With Jay Reatard and thinker Anne Carson as his religious guides, Furman sought to confront his pent-up rage on the misbalanced state of tradition and politics.
To that finish, he’s supplied “Calm Down” (aka “I Ought to Not Be Alone”) because the lead single. Accompanied by a vibrant, frantic animated video directed by Beth Denims Houghton, the observe is a livid plea for inside mollification within the face of exterior insanity. Mentioned Furman of the music in a press launch,
“Determined occasions make for determined songs. I wrote this in the summertime of 2018, a horrible time. It’s the sound of me struggling to confess that I’m not okay with the present state of human civilization, wherein unhealthy males crush us into submission. When you admit how unhealthy it feels to reside in a damaged society, you can begin to withstand it, and picture a greater one.”
Take a pay attention through the clip under.
Pre-orders for Twelve Nudes at the moment are reside. The tracklist and album artwork are under, adopted by Furman’s newly introduced North American tour dates. Test for tickets right here.
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