Ezra Furman - Goodbye Small Head

Goodbye Small Head is Ezra Furman’s tenth studio album, written in the midst of emotional and existential overload. Its title nods to Sleater-Kinney’s 1999 single “Get Up,” a quiet homage that hints at the turbulence and resolve that shape the record. Following the acclaimed All of Us Flames, this new release finds Furman once again blending vulnerability, defiance, and sonic ambition.

The first single, “Grand Mal,” is a cinematic, string-drenched standout, accompanied by a haunting video directed by Eleanor Petry. As ever, Furman’s music embraces contradiction—punk urgency meets orchestral beauty, personal pain dissolves into collective catharsis. Over the past decade, Furman has built a singular body of work that spans riotous punk, dystopian balladry, and queer liberation anthems. Goodbye Small Head deepens that legacy. Fiercely personal yet resoundingly communal, it’s a record about holding on—through overwhelm, through transformation—and finding beauty in the act of survival.