Ezra Furman "Day of the Dog"

(Bar/None) If there was one I thing I didn't expect from Chicago's babyfaced exquisite pop superhero it was for him to get this much better! This record takes his unique mix of singer-songwriter/Power Pop/New Wave/old time rock n roll/indie/whatever prowess and makes it weirder, angrier, more ambitious, and punker. I generally don't dig Elvis Costello enough to want to compare this to that, but it seems an accurate, if low-aiming, comparison. I recommend Ezra's latest to anyone who likes anything!