Ezra Furman returns today with the new single “Point Me Toward the Real,” her first proper new music in almost three years. Additionally, Furman has unveiled a string of 2022 North American tour dates.
Complete with horn arrangements by Bright Eyes’ Nathaniel Walcott and production by John Congleton (Angel Olsen, Future Islands, Sharon Van Etten), “Point Me Toward the Real” is a moody ballad about feeling isolated and horribly mistreated: “I’ve been lied to and abused/ Time to try to heal/ Cut me loose, cut me loose,” she sings in the chorus.
While writing “Point Me Toward the Real,” Furman imagined being released from a psychiatric hospital. While she’s never endured that experience herself, she channels that sense of upheaval in the track: “It’s a song about what you do right after abuse, imprisonment, a brush with death,” she explains. Who do you call when it’s supposedly over? Where do you go? How do you know what you want?”
Furman continues: “We’ve all recently been going through something terrifying. We’ve all made friends with death in the last two years. When I look to the future, I want to know who has my back? Whose back do I have? And what is real, what and who can I rely on? Point me toward the real; there’s no other direction I want to go.”
Tickets for Furman’s September shows go on sale Friday, March 4th at 10:00 a.m. local, with a pre-sale for her mailing list on Thursday March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. local. All other shows are on sale now, and you can get tickets at Ticketmaster. Check out the dates below.
Furman’s last studio album was 2019’s Twelve Nudes. Last year, she teamed up with Du Blonde for the single “I’m Glad That We Broke Up.”
Ezra Furman 2022 Tour Dates:
03/06 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
03/07 – Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
03/08 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
03/09 – Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub
03/10 – Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records Blue Room
03/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
03/14 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
03/15-19 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
05/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
05/21 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
05/23 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
05/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
05/25 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
05/26 – Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective
05/28 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
05/30 – Des Moines, IA @ Gas Lamp
05/31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
06/01 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
06/09 – Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
06/21 – Valencia, ES @ Diversity Festival
06/24 – Hertfordshire, UK @ Standon Calling Festival
08/18 – Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man Festival
09/12 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa
09/13 – Toronto, ON @ Rec Room
09/14 – Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch
09/15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Small’s
09/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
09/19 – Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom
09/20 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
09/21 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
09/22 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
