HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
Ezra Furman
All Of Us Flames
(Bella Union)
★★★★
“THIS is a first-person plural album,” Ezra Furman says about her sixth solo record. “It’s a queer album ... songs for use by threatened communities.”
In terms of the US singer-songwriter’s personal experience, this means trans people and Jews (the album title is taken from a song in the second book of the Hebrew bible).
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