Ezra Furman confronts the fears of the marginalized on new album, 'Transangelic Exodus'
by Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2018
3 minutes
On his latest album, "Transangelic Exodus" (Bella Union), Ezra Furman decided to go for broke. He crafted what he calls a "queer outlaw saga" - a series of vignettes that addresses police-state oppression of minorities framed by sprawling orchestral- and electro-rock arrangements. Yes, that's a whole lot of ambition packed into 13 songs.
It's also the most liberating album in a career that stretches back a decade, when Furman emerged out of north suburban Evanston with a band that played earnest, high-intensity guitar rock steeped in the music of an earlier era, from the Velvet
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