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Jul 6, 2015An enlightening journey through the mind of an outsider, but an entirely relatable one.
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Jul 6, 2015In such a hugely enjoyable and compelling set, the weaker moments are few and far between.
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Jul 2, 2015Despite Furman’s own insecurities and wanderlust, Perpetual Motion People sounds like home.
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Jul 13, 2015If you're willing to get on board with Ezra Furman and the beautifully messy world that he celebrates here, Perpetual Motion People is a ride worth taking.
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Jul 7, 2015He may like his disguises and perhaps enjoys provoking his audiences but underneath the image and the keen ear for wordplay a really quite serious songwriting talent is very determinedly making himself heard.
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MojoJul 6, 2015Driven, hooky, moving. Better than Prozac or a sunny day. [Aug 2015, p.88]
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Jul 6, 2015This is a messy, disorderly but beautifully blissful and idiosyncratic record--and that seems like the statement he’d like to make.
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Jul 6, 2015Perpetual Motion People confirms Furman as no mere white male navel-gazer, but flammable phosphorus.
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Jul 2, 2015Perpetual Motion People is the restless sound of a genuine one-off in a generic world.
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UncutJul 1, 2015His sax-heavy third solo album blows its own horn. [Aug 2015, p.75]
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Jul 1, 2015A constantly surprising and relentlessly melodic pleasure.
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Q MagazineJul 1, 2015Furman's collage approach and his Joanthan Richman-styled variations are charming, full with both life and with tunes. [Aug 2015, p.106]
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Jul 27, 2015A little scattered and with occasionally mediocre lyrics, it congeals into a fun, extremely varied, and repeatedly listenable album.
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Jul 10, 2015Perpetual Motion People is an album that makes you root for him to pull through.
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Jul 9, 2015It’s dazzling, dizzying and yes quite exhausting, to the point where the only thing you can pin down with any certainty is that Furman has undeniable talent.
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Jul 7, 2015While he's deeply indebted to traditional sounds and familiar structures, he comes alive most when he's sewing fissures into the forms he knows so well.
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Jul 1, 2015Perpetual Motion People is about change, action, and metamorphosis.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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Jul 10, 2015