Ezra Furman has announced three Canadian dates for early 2020, to support her 2019 masterpiece, ‘Twelve Nudes’. The album was mixed by venerated producer John Congleton (Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent), and the result is an album that is less stereotypical punk than raw, raucous rock’n’roll. The album has two spiritual heroes – the late great punk Jay Reatard and Canadian writer and philosopher Anne Carson. The title stems directly from Carson, who used the term “nudes” to describe the meditations she used to deal with intense pain in her life.
Far from being defeated by a world in turmoil, Furman’s productivity has only increased the worse things have got – and he’s taken up different disciplines to boot. Between ‘Transangelic Exodus’ and ‘Twelve Nudes,’ the 33⅓ imprint published her deeply personal, thoughtful and incisive book on Lou Reed’s legendary 1972 album ‘Transformer,’ before Furman scored the soundtrack to Netflix’s acclaimed comedy ‘Sex Education,’ which showcased the tender side of her songwriting. 2020 will be no different as Furman announces new dates, including festival dates as a part of Winterruption and Big Winter Classic in January. Tickets and details are listed on ezrafurman.com.
Tour dates
Nov 19 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie
Nov 20 Brussels, BE Botanique/Rotonde
Nov 21 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Noord
Nov 23 Hamburg, DE Molotow
Nov 24 Copenhagen, DK Vega Small Hall
Nov 25 Gothenburg, SE Pustervik
Nov 26 Stockholm, SE Debaser Strand
Dec 21 Los Angeles, US Largo at The Coronet
Jan 7 Somerville, US ONCE Somerville
Jan 14 Somerville, US ONCE Somerville
Jan 21 Somerville, US ONCE Somerville
Jan 28 Somerville, US ONCE Somerville
Jan 23 Saskatoon, SK Winterruption SK [tickets]
Jan 25 Edmonton, AB Winterruption YEG [tickets]
Jan 26 Calgary, AB Big Winter Classic [tickets]
Feb 15 Santa Rosa, US Alrene Francis Center
Feb 16 San Francisco, US Great American Music Hall
Feb 17 Arcata, US Richard’s Goat
Feb 18 Portland, US Aladdin Theatre
Feb 19 Seattle, US Crocodile Cafe
Feb 20 Boise, US Neurolux
Feb 22 Denver, US Bluebird Theatre
Feb 23 Albuquerque, US Sister Bar
Feb 24 El Paso, US Lowbrow Palace
Feb 25 Tucson, US 191 Toole
Feb 26 San Diego, US The Casbah
Feb 27 Los Angeles, US Teragram Ballroom
