The sixth LP by the brilliant, visceral, angelic American is perhaps the finest to date, an impassioned, tour de force, Springsteen-esque cri de coeur for the LGBTQ and Jewish communities, but also stirs hearts of all who feel oppressed or alienated. Opener the dark, folky Train Comes Through is a coal seam who the whole album, a powerful Dylan-esque vision packed with images about social change. Forever In Sunset is classic powerful Furman (The summer of the crash / The winter of survival mode / You saw it in a flash / That we're entering survival mode”), while Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven opens with a stunning lyric: “The human mind is a pile of shit / New life takes root in it / Grows into the most complicated formations / With stunning colors and branches reaching up.” Reverberant melodies and powerful chord changes abound, with Furman, who now uses the she/her pronoun, outstanding in vocal delivery, and other standouts include Throne, Book Of Our Names, Point Me Toward The Real with a fabulous horn arrangement, Temple of Broken Dreams, I Saw The Truth Undressing, his gender envy towards a certain film’s famale star – Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club – and the closing track, a intimate story of passing sexual encounter, Come Close. Also produced by the talented John Congleton. Out on Bella Union.
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