Ezra Furman Releases New Single Power Of The Moon

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Ezra Furman has shared another track from her upcoming album.

Led by '60s surf-rock guitar, Power Of The Moon marks the third single from 'Goodbye Small Head', following last month's Jump Out and lead single Grand Mal, which arrived in February. Furman said: 

"I took over five years writing this song. I’m not saying that makes it good, but it does mean that it means a lot to me. It’s another in my series of songs that make sweeping declarations about ‘the human mind’ (cf. “Ordinary Life,” “Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven”).

"The lyric is me taking on a problem I’ve had all my life: I believe in God and I can’t explain why to anyone; I don’t even understand it myself. I have no evidence, no argument and no doubt. I think it might just be the kind of brain that I have, one with a need to ‘take the frame from the painting / and let the colours bleed out into the room.’ I love a diffuse God, one who is everywhere, underlying everything, and who absolutely does not fit into my little consciousness with all its rational rules. My God makes no sense. That’s one thing I love about her. That’s how I know she’s much bigger than anything we could have invented.

"When things stop making sense, that’s when the world of night has its hooks in you. That’s when the moon takes over. You wake up one day and you realize you can never really understand anything, and then you’re into the poetic, under the power of the moon. 

"This spirituality of mine has, annoyingly, not alleviated the existentialist nausea I’ve always felt. I’m overwhelmed by this God-haunted world. The train is on its way to flatten you. The blues come around to devastate you. But I find myself enjoying this nauseous life anyway. Especially when we get a good drum machine going and Jorgen plays a hypnotic bass line and then Sam and Ben come in with their perfect parts and existence feels like a real cool time. 

"Amazingly, somewhere within me I believed that this could add up to a hit song. God, what’s my problem?"

Head below to view the Power Of The Moon accompanying video, which was filmed and edited by Sam Durkes.

The follow-up to 2022's 'All Of Us Flames' will arrive on May 16 via Bella Union. Furman will support the release with a UK tour, which includes record store gigs with Resident and Rough Trade, as well as a slot at Bearded Theory festival. She'll also head out for a North American tour between July and October. Head here for details.

Prior to that, she'll play a one-off London show at EartH on May 18 that's billed as A World of Love & Care. The event will see her perform solo and with a full-band, and features a Q&A session. Tickets are on sale now.

Ezra Furman Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Sun May 18 2025 - LONDON EartH

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