Zola Jesus’ journey towards pristine, icy synth perfection continues apace with her latest offering, ‘Taiga‘.
A record full of intrigue and drama that entices the listener in with its pop sheen, only to then grip them vice like with its subversive power.
The record, on the face of it, …
Scroll down to check out the latest track due to feature on Zola Jesus‘ ‘Taiga‘ album, which is released next month.
‘Dangerous Days‘ has been released as the first taste of Zola Jesus‘ upcoming LP ‘Taiga‘ – have a listen below.
After the soothing avant garde virtues of 2011’s ‘Conatus‘ were re-imagined a year ago via the new collection ‘Versions‘, Zola Jesus has now confirmed the fourth studio album proper ‘Taiga‘ is due later this year.
Zola Jesus releases the video for ‘Fall Back,’ her newest single off the album ‘Versions’, a collection of adapted work by experimental composer and symphonic arranger JG Thirlwell
Directed by Jacqueline Castel, the new Zola Jesus video for “Seekir”, from the album ‘Conatus’, out now on Souterrain Transmissions.
And so to the third and final part of Live4ever’s 2011 retrospective. A year packed with some genuinely outstanding releases, 2011 has enjoyed some of the most unanimously acclaimed records of recent years; PJ Harvey has won seemingly every award up for grabs thanks to ‘Let England Shake’, Kate Bush …
“Vessel” taken from ‘Contaus’ on Souterrain Transmissions Directed by Jacqueline Castel
Yes, ‘Conatus‘. Not a pharmaceuticals company or species of river-bottom fish, but an idea. A spark. The spark, actually. The word ‘conatus’ is a lot of things to a lot of philosophers, but the closest approximation to a definition would be “the will to live”, or “the movement of the …
Zola Jesus today releases the first video from her acclaimed new album, Conatus. Directed, as always, by Jacqueline Castel and filmed in the New Mexican desert, Vessel shows Zola Jesus in dramatic form.
Songs like ‘Vessel‘ are ideally played somewhere with a bit of space. A few acres to soak up the sound. A stadium arena would be nice, but a forest spread across a mountain might be more fitting. This music has something of the night and the wild about …
Following last week’s announcement of her new album and accompanying free download ‘Vessel’, which topped all the blogging charts, was selected as Radio 1’s record of the week and was selected as NME’s best track of the week, Zola Jesus has announced a special one-off album …
Our Tracks rundown is brought to a close today with the likes of Pint Shot Riot, Alberta Cross, The Besnard Lakes and The Minutes all featuring in our final top 10.
Once you’ve been through this part of our list, why not do us a favour and recommend your own …
In today’s Soundbites, our quick take on news, reviews and tabloid gossip, Mariah Carey has a stumble, we take a look at new releases from two supremely talented songwriters and Jerry Hall begins to dish the dirt on her time with Mick Jagger. There’s also a move into the theatre …