EZRA FURMAN - Day Of The Dog LP

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Ezra Furman and the Harpoons have released a trio of records over the last few years – all three to critical acclaim. It’s almost no surprise that Furman would branch out on his own.

Day of the Dog is a killer record. Everything that had potential in The Year of No Returning (his debut record) is here but in full-form. The experimental nature, the attempts at genre-bending (well, as much as feasibly possible with garage-rock), some tinges of early psychobilly, and the absolute best representation of Furman’s ferocious gravel-laced vocal presence we’ve heard since Mysterious Power’s ‘Bloodsucking Whore’ – it’s as if Furman is finally comfortable with his own song writing. And there’s a saxophone too.