Ezra Furman review – life-affirming outsider pop from a studious musician

02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Furman veers between disarming, heartfelt performance and plaintive, spine-tingling vocals – and it’s impossible not to love him“This is weird, huh?” says Ezra Furman, genuinely mystified. “What happened here? Two thousand people at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. What the hell happened here?”We’re just two songs into an hour-and-50 minute set from Furman and his band, the Boy-Friends. As they move breathlessly from the itc