Mysterious Power

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red Parlor Records
• ASIN: B004OKFIV8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,926 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Falling in love with Ezra again, April 5, 2011

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Leran - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysterious Power [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

I've known Ezra for awhile and been a huge fan of his music. Once again he bears his soul in the form of poetry in his songs. This is the first album with the Harpoons that I don't recognize any of the songs from his earlier solo stuff and it is thrilling to get acquainted with all these news sounds. If you like folk, punk, good lyrics or just genuine heartfelt expression... listen to this!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy This Album!!, April 5, 2011

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Max - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysterious Power (Audio CD)

I have waited a long time for a good new release and this seems to be it. The songs seem to cover a lot of genres and I can't seem to stop listening to it. I definitly think "Hard Time in a Terrible Land" is my favorite song but "Mysterious Power" is really cool and is great on a sunny drive!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great songwriter hits the mark, August 15, 2011

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J. Kopf - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mysterious Power [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

Ezra Furman has shown on his previous albums that he is an incredibly gifted songwriter. Fortunately for him, this still holds true on his latest offering. While there are some songs that are mind-numbing and criminally uninspired songs (that really don't sound like they belong on this album), such as "Bloodsucking Whore", they are few and far between. The stand-out track is obviously "I Killed Myself But I Didn't Die", a song which obviously is channeling the Pixies and their particular brand of punk. That song isn't just a paean to late '80's punk music, though; the lyrics are outstanding. "Teenage Wasteland" is the other track that burrows into that part of your brain where it stays, slowly maddening you because you just can't get it out of your head.

Ezra will probably have the misfortune of being lumped in with the dreadfully uninspired "indie" crowd with this album, but he's so out of anyone's league (especially in the indie music circuit) currently that it is just astounding. His lyrics are gorgeous poetry and actually mean something, instead of being the standard love-centric bore-fests that populate many albums shoved out by the singer-songwriters of recent years. I've said this many times before: too many undeserving people get called "the modern Bob Dylan", but Ezra Furman proves on this album (and his others) that he really is deserving.