Ezra Furman

An androgynous, transgender American artist born in Chicago on September 5, 1986, Ezra Furman formed the indie rock band Ezra Furman & the Harpoons while studying at university. After their first self-produced effort, Beat Beat Beat (2006), the band released three further albums and a compilation before splitting up in 2011. A prolific musician, Ezra Furman opened a solo interlude with the releases of The Year of No Returning (2012) and Day of the Dog (2013). His style, the fruit of wide-ranging influences, remains original and personal, driven by nasal vocals. The English label Bella Union, seduced by her fresh, youthful songs, offered her the opportunity to reach a wider audience with the album Perpetual Motion People (2015). Her live band The Boy-Friends transforms into The Visions for the following recording Transgenic Exodus (2018), which sees the artist play up her androgynous appearance and campaign for the transgender cause. In 2019, the Songs by Others EP precedes the Twelve Nudes album by a few months. Meanwhile, Ezra Furman composes the music for the TV series Sex Education (2020), in which he makes a guest appearance. The same year saw the release of To Them We'll Always Be Freaks, a collection of compositions that had remained in the demo stage. 2022 saw the release of All of Us Flames, a rock concentrate that preceded the more eclectic Goodbye Small Head (2025), with its raw, passionate vocal style on a wide range of tracks, from folk rock to chamber pop.

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