Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad

1.    Who’s the dude?

Ezra Furman is an indie rock musician from Chicago, Illinois. He has been making music since 2006. Love You So Bad (Nov'17) is the lead single from his seventh album Transangelic Exodus (Feb'18).

2. What's the tune about?

Love You So Bad is alternative Americana. Slightly quirky, orchestral, homeland rock.

3. Who does he sound like?

Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, and John 'Cougar' Mellencamp.

4. What have the sycophants in the press said?

“Just a good song” – Spin.

“Retro” – AV Club.

“An upbeat song of unrequited love” – Homework Horse.

5. Which bands float Ezra's boat?

The big influences are Green Day, The Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, and The Strokes.

6. Why should I give Love You So Bad a listen?

Ezra Furman's star is in the ascendency and this song is part of the reason why.

7. Does he have any more bangers?

Suck The Blood From My Wound is another great one from the latest album.

8. Any more words?

No.

“Sneaking cigarettes under the football bleachers baby, so bad”

Andrew W.K. is famous for (quietly intelligent) hard rocking party music. He is a classically trained musician and has worked as a motivational speaker and as an advice columnist. I Don't Know Anything (March'18) is from his fifth studio album and Punk News thought it sounded like Europe's Final Countdown meets Bruce Springsteen.

“I don’t know the truth, I don’t know the way”