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Daytrotter Presents Ezra Furman & the Harpoons on Tour. Check out our tour dates on this page to see if we're coming to a city near you!
WXRT Welcomes Ezra Furman & the Harpoons at Double Door in Chicago, IL - November 27.
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Ezra
Furman & the Harpoons were formed in 2006 because of songs. Ezra had
written songs that were urgent, desperate, pretty, and explosive, and
these songs had to be heard. From personal musical sketches to
glorious, rollicking pop songs, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons work
tirelessly toward capturing the beauty, despair and headlong wildness
of life, that too-often overlooked magic and poetry that makes us
human. Since their stage debut at Tufts University in February 2006,
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons have played in rock clubs in a babillion
different cities and are now thoroughly homeless in Boston, bursting
into the local scene with gusto and charm. In June 2006, they
self-released their first album, "Beat Beat Beat", which was recorded
in a series of college dorm rooms at Tufts and engineered by Jahn Sood
and Dave Kant from Outtake Records. The original version of "Beat Beat
Beat" is available on the black, magenta and beige markets.
Since
then, the Harpoons signed to Minty Fresh
Records, the eminent Chicago indie label, and headed straight to
the studio. In January 2007, the Harpoons laid down the tracks for
their national debut, with producer Brian Deck (Iron and Wine,
Modest Mouse, Josh Ritter). The resultant album, "Banging Down the
Doors," is available now in stores, online and at live shows. This
momentum and general madness promises great things to come for the
band in the next year. It will most likely be government-mandated
listening for all legal adults within the decade. The follow-up was recently completed and it is so good, so insanely grrratifying and inspiring a record, that you will find that you will seek it out involuntarily as soon as it is available in September or whenever.
The Harpoons are a wild bunch. So wild and free you forgot to laugh. Bassist Job Mukkada is a singer-songwriter in his own right, but staunchly avoids the limelight because of his citrus
allergy. When not drumming for the Harpoons, drummer Adam Abrutyn
manufactures and sells fast-acting valor syrup which is typically
drizzled over the temples and groin area. He also enjoys watching
pancake wars from aboard his hydraulic space-mobile. Lead guitarist Andrew Langer was raised on rock 'n' roll, if you can call Polish sausages rock 'n' roll. Which Andrew believes you can. He is nine feet tall and exudes a pulsating blue aura.
Really hoping to catch the Indy show 2morrow. Peep my bulletins, I've tried to influence the masses to do the same. You should scribble me on the list or something.. I completely plan on buying any albums you got for sale if I make it out. Perhaps I'll see ya. Oh and a few request if possible.. "Hotel Room in Casablanca" "Halloween Snow" "We Should Fight" "The Faceless Boy" &/or "I Wanna Be Ignored" well maybe more than a few.
Awesome show in Iowa City, dudes. I'm sorry those guys in the front sucked, and that my boyfriend made you sign his gross shoe. We were just excited to meet you.
You been placed in my top friends.. yes once again, lol. Really lookin forward & hoping to make the Indy show fri. I've been trying to help spread the word. Love me some Harpoons.
5 New Tunes up on our page from our upcoming E.P. Check them out and let us know what you think!!! Also this Wed. 11/18 from 6pm to 7pm request SmokeBox on WTOS (207)621-9867 ask for Mary Jane
next time you're in the cities we'll have to do a show together! i am new to your songwriting but you feel like an old friend. cant wait to see ya tonight!
Dropping by to show you some love and also 2 new never befor herd mixtapes "IGo Robotic" And "Fearless meets Insanity" coming soon and in dec 6th my album!!!!
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Every time I hear your songs come on the "Monsters of Folk" channel on Pandora, I am siked! I got to see you guys when you came through SF and played at the Rickshaw. You're inspiring, and I fully support your music and am doing my best to spread the good word. Cheers!
