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Ezra Furman & the Harpoons: Inside the Human Body

Young, gifted and crackedIf you’re Ezra Furman, you’re right out of college and the man in the grey suit threatens to steal your soul, so you fend off encroaching suburbia with a batch of new tunes. On his second album of jittery, willfully naive folk-punk, Furman plays the alienated romantic geek, employing a wobbly sense of pitch to better effect than anyone since the early Violent Femmes. “We Should Fight,” the great howling mess of an opener, sets the tone, all raw guitars and protestations of uncompromising humanity. The rest of the songs—alternating between strident rockers and swooning ballads—are overwrought,...  read more

Listen to Ezra Furman & the Harpoons' "The Stakes Are High"

Ezra Furman & The Harpoons may have been an under-the-radar act in 2007 when they dropped their unexpectedly stellar full-length debut, Banging Down The Doors, but they won't be for much longer. On their forthcoming sophomore release, Inside The Human Body, the band has found a fuller, more cohesive sound, and the 22-year-old Furman’s imaginative songwriting and penchant for poetic, narrative lyrics have grown more assured....  read more