Ezra Furman details her tenth studio album, Goodbye Small Head

"Goodbye Small Head is the name of this record. Twelve songs, twelve variations on the experience of completely losing control, whether by weakness, illness, mysticism, BDSM, drugs, heartbreak or just living in a sick society with one’s eyes open. These songs are vivid with overwhelm. They’re not about someone going off the rails, they are inside that person’s heart," Furman explains.

"The songwriting here is a revision to William Wordsworth’s famous proclamation that “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.” I can agree with that, except for the tranquillity part. This poetry, my poetry, arrived in the midst of the storm. It was written as I teetered toward the edge. (I did the edits once I was safe again.)"

"The title, “Goodbye Small Head” is a lyric from the 1999 Sleater-Kinney single “Get Up,” a phrase breathlessly, almost ecstatically intoned by Corin Tucker as she contemplates death and the dissolution of the self," Furman continues. "There’s something about that dissolution that is both horrible and absolutely gorgeous. We fear losing ourselves and we want it more than anything. That’s where this record lives. That’s what this kind of music offers us: a look over the edge into the frightening and beautiful realm that lies beyond ordinary life. Have a look with me, won’t you?"

Goodbye Small Head is Furman’s tenth album and the follow-up to All Of Us Flames which was released in August 2022. In celebration of the release, Furman has announced a string of UK shows throughout May.

Tracklist:

1. Grand Mal
2. Sudden Storm
3. Jump Out
4. Power Of The Moon
5. You Mustn’t Show Weakness
6. Submission
7. Veil Song
8. Slow Burn
9. You Hurt Me, I Hate You
10. Strange Girl
11. A World of Love and Care
12. I Need The Angel