The American singer-songwriter Ezra Furman to release new full-length, Transangelic Exodus in February next year.

Ezra Furman has announced details of his new record, Transangelic Exodus, set to arrive on February 9th.

Ezra says of the album:

Not a concept record, but almost a novel, or a cluster of stories on a theme, a combination of fiction and a half-true memoir. A personal companion for a paranoid road trip. A queer outlaw saga.

The narrative thread is I’m in love with an angel, and a government is after us, and we have to leave home because angels are illegal, as is harbouring angels. The term ‘transangelic’ refers to the fact people become angels because they grow wings. The have an operation, and they’re transformed. And it causes panic because some people think it’s contagious, or it should just be outlawed.

The album still works without the back story, though. What’s essential is the mood – paranoid, authoritarian, the way certain people are stigmatised. It’s a theme in American life right now, and other so-called democracies.

To coincide with the album announcement, Ezra Furman has unveiled brand new cut, Love You So Bad.

Transangelic Exodus will be released on February 9th on Bella Union.

Tracklisting