''Mysterious Power'' is the third studio album by
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons were a four-piece rock band active between 2006 and 2011. The band consisted of Ezra Furman (vocals, guitar), Job Mukkada (bass guitar), Adam Abrutyn (Drum kit, drums), and Andrew Langer (guitar). They formed at Tufts ...
. It was released on April 5, 2011 as the follow-up to 2008's ''Inside the Human Body''. It was the band's last album;
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman (born September 5, 1986) is an American musician and songwriter.
Furman was the lead singer and guitarist of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, formed in 2006, which ended with ''Mysterious Power'' (2011). Her subsequent work has include ...
has since gone on to record music under her own name with backing band The Boyfriends.
The album has been met with critical acclaim, with the
Chicago Sun Times
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calling it "a joyous racket, a splintered confessional, an anxious thrill ride with the top down next to a fidgety poet who's crazy in love." After appearing at
South by Southwest
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in March, the band launched a U.S. headlining tour in support of the album.
Track listing
# "Wild Rosemarie" – 4:02
# "I Killed Myself But I Didn't Die" – 4:15
# "Hard Time In A Terrible Land" – 2:27
# "Mysterious Power" – 3:09
# "Teenage Wasteland" – 2:09
# "Bloodsucking Whore" – 4:22
# "Don't Turn Your Back On Love" – 5:49
# "Portrait Of Maude" – 2:46
# "Fall In Love With My World" – 2:43
# "Too Strung Out" – 1:52
# "Heaven At The Drive-In" – 3:48
# "Wild Feeling" – 4:21
References
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Ezra Furman and the Harpoons albums
2011 albums