While her previous albums were combative appeals to the community to resist the shift to the right in the US and defend LGTBIQ* achievements, "Goodbye

Small Head," the latest LP by Ms. Ezra Furman, can be read as an admission of defeat by the trans woman, who has been under severe strain in recent months. Ezra's new work, which her loyal Berlin fan base can now hear live, is characterized by her blunt acknowledgment of this exhaustion—and her ability to ultimately draw strength from this composure.