New Internationalist

MUSIC

All of Us in Flames

by Ezra Furman

(Bella Union, CD, LP, DL)

ezrafurman.com

Ezra Furman’s music has gone through some changes over the years. From the solid indie rock of the early noughties to the impassioned power-pop that gave the soundtrack of Netflix’s its zip, it’s a mark of Furman’s inventiveness that s can punch so effectively. Following in the wake of (2018) and (2019), is the last in a triumvirate of albums that trace a journey across, not only the US, but a very personal territory. In 2021, Furman came out as a transgender woman and the album is very much for her queer extended family.

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