haven't really like any of her releases so far.Will that L.A. Vampires split thing change things for me?Anyone know?
― chromecassettes, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I've seen her twice now. First time was at Wire fest in Chicago and she was great, but the 3 (!) synth players stole the show.
Saw her in a duo format here in Portland last month and she stole the show. She sings the whole damn time, and when there are instrumental breaks in the songs, they are no more than 2 bars long. She ended the set by jumping on the floor and smashing a bottle. It was cute.
I really want to see the full band format because the live drummer is the kid from Jex Thoth and he is excellent.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 06:03 (thirteen years ago) link
have not see her yet (missed the recent local shows), but still love the records, and "night" is creeping up on my favorite songs of the year. L.A. vampires split is reminiscent of her pre-stridulum stuff, and if you don't like that, there isn't much reason to pick it up.
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 06:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw her twice last week (once headlining in a tiny venue and then supporting Fever Ray) and it cemented the love that developed from listening to 'Stridulum II' on repeat for the weeks previous.
Seeing her right up close in the tiny indie basement was just incredible I thought. Her voice was wonderful.
― krakow, Sunday, 12 September 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
her voice yes, but i thought the backing was pretty dreadful. she really needs to lose those guys playing bad digital synth sounds and the most leaden drum machine rhythms i've heard for a long, long time.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 12 September 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmmm, I suppose I was pretty transfixed by the voice and her presence, but I did like the whole creepy industrial vibe from the synths/drum machines.
― krakow, Sunday, 12 September 2010 12:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v9/p787657422-3.jpg
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v10/p605578174-3.jpg
― krakow, Sunday, 12 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
lovely shots, krakow.
I can imagine the tiny basement gig would have been a lot better, but the synth backing was so totally generic that I commented halfway through that the two guys could easily be forgetting which song they were meant to be playing every time, and not even realising their mistake. She also looked REALLY awkward on a big stage!
― Underground - Parking (2010) (sic), Monday, 13 September 2010 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I was disappointed with the bigger venue show supporting Fever Ray. I hoped that she would ramp things up somehow compared to the basement gig, in order to take advantage of and fill the space, but sadly she didn't, or couldn't, so I do basically agree, even as a raging fan boy.
― krakow, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks! BTW.
― krakow, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
new EP out on sacred bones, valusia. typically lovely, austere & grandiose. "tower" is immense. loving it, but still missing the crushing synth fuzz of her early stuff. record store girl complained due to featured presence of the "night" video on italian vogue webpage. how is that a bad thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYMFQknupyw
― contenderizer, Friday, 15 October 2010 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Foolishly bought this without checking tracklist - 3 of the 4 tracks were on Stridulum II
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Sunday, 17 October 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
boooo!
― sleeve, Monday, 18 October 2010 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
hate it when artists pull that shit
I saw her once and thought she was kind of meh. I could see it better with a full band, but she also needs a little more varied songwriting.
― Katy Lied, Lady Died (Hurting 2), Monday, 18 October 2010 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
still missing the crushing synth fuzz of her early stuff
i get this but the vocal hook in poor animal is hard to discount. it's a little monster of a goth-rock song.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 7 November 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i <3 "sea talk".. reminds me heavily of mahogany's "my bed is my castle"
― shart to the *plop* (electricsound), Thursday, 23 December 2010 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Still annoyed that thhe vs LA Vampires things isn't available as a CD
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Thursday, 23 December 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
really really digging the valusia ep
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:23 (thirteen years ago) link
valusia is incredibly good! the second she started singing in the first song i was like "i have made an excellent decision in purchasing this"
got the other one coming in the mail in a bit.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 30 January 2011 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i think djp would be feelin this
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 30 January 2011 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
New track 'Vessel' from upcoming album Conatus, released Oct 4th. Kinda reminds me of a Gothic Lykke Li a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSTg4gStOE
Tracklistling etc http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/zola-jesus-announces-new-album-conatus/
― Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
wow, this is great. want discomix.
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
This is a great record. It's streaming here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/sep/22/zola-jesus-conatus-album-stream
― Evan R, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
"[this song] feels the most vivid to me, as if finally I was able to communicate this universe that is my prison."
"The only thing keeping me together at this point was a terrible bliss I felt from being alone."
"I thought of the chorus while doing my daily walk from my house to the drugstore, the only chore that brought me outside."
Can't parody this stuff.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento LLC (SNM), Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
so is the new album worth getting or not?
got mixed reviews so far
― prego, Monday, 26 September 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
I've listened to it twice and i can't remember a thing about it
― Number None, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
only listened once: if you dig e.g. "sea talk" you should dig this
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 7 October 2011 05:43 (twelve years ago) link
What if you only dug "Night"?
― psychedelicatessen (seandalai), Friday, 7 October 2011 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
I've been waiting and hoping this pops up in Rhapsody so I can check it out before buying. Loved pretty much everything she's done to this point (that I've heard anyway).
― musicfanatic, Friday, 7 October 2011 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw Evan's link. Still works! Thanks. I hope it's still up after I get off work today. (I thought websites only had these things up until the release of the album?)
― musicfanatic, Friday, 7 October 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
It's on spotify too if you have that.
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Friday, 7 October 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvejztfwM6g
― difficult to adjust to ilxor being a low frequency poster (ilxor), Sunday, 30 October 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
"Skin" (from Conatus) is devastating..... love the whole album to death, it's gorgeous.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
Now that we're pretty well into the 90s revival, I'm working on a mixtape and I'm hunting for a few more 90s throwback tracks that sound like Nika (Zola Jesus) + Rory's Do You Wanna Be My Baby. Obviously I'm gonna use some Pictureplane, Elite Gymnastics, Korallreven, Keep Shelly in Athens, maybe a little jj or Onra. But I'm looking for something that sounds a little more lo-fi and homemade, like the feel of the Nika+Rory track above -- camped out in the bedroom trying to do Nellee Hooper's Soul II Soul productions. Maria Minerva is closing to what I'm getting at but she doesn't sound like she wants to be pop enough. Anyone found anything like this out there on myspace or bandcamp or whatever? Recommendations appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_cUJf2pOM
― Dare, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://fattifrances.bandcamp.com/
?
― the dilettante escape plan (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
would like to hear this fine mixtape
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
The fatti frances thing is pretty close to what I'm looking for ... thanks! Now if only I could find stuff with more piano vamps and an obsession w/the big drum track on St. Etienne's version of Only Love Can Break Your Heart.
― Dare, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
zola vocals vs foetus orchestral arrangements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvycDDxH2cM&feature=youtu.be
this could be quite an album ...
― mark e, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
so nobody cares about her any more? still decicing what I think about at-first-disappointing new album
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 3 October 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i wasn't liking what i heard
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 3 October 2014 06:47 (nine years ago) link
It's not awful, just a bit too transitional.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Friday, 3 October 2014 06:49 (nine years ago) link
dangerous days is growing on me
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 04:54 (nine years ago) link
Me too! Rest of the album notsomuch, Long Way Down probs a personal fav cut
― nxd, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 08:11 (nine years ago) link
y'all are talking about Taiga right? failed bid for synth pop modernity imo
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
transparently so, but still strong on the back half imo.
The Rihanna Danilova thing is a miss but the live show with horn section is festival-ready.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 23 October 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
was just listening to track #11 and thinking "OK, I like this more than the readymade hit single vibe of Hunger"
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
the problem is there isn't *enough* readymade hit single vibe. this could have gone two ways: full-on synthpop hit single vibes, or full-on huge impassive bleak stuff. either would be better than splitting the difference.
― katherine, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
otm imo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
not feeling that record at all.
― akm, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link