In terms of blog hype, we've got a little gem here in Madison. Zola Jesus is gracing pages of every blogship in this blog-o-verse but just shy of critical mass. Maybe Pitchfork will do it. But now lets get down to music: Zola Jesus is interesting and well done pop. Too electronic to be chamber pop, but you get that vibe from the vocals. It's contemporary, operatic, and minimal, elegant and a little grotesque. Stuff I think David and Noah will like. Well to rub it in she's 20 studying philosophy and french here is releasing an EP this month. Hopefully this will get them out to a show.
On a side note, she's in the front running for actually being Liz's doppelganger (conditional on her height):
Obviously Liz doesn't wear this much eye shadow.
But here are some songs!
ZOLA JESUS "CLAY BODIES" MUSIC VIDEO from FUTURE PRIMITIVE FILMS on Vimeo.
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kind of sounds like dead can dance had sex with doom metal.
ReplyDeletenot so sure on whether or not i like it (though i'm leaning towards not) but it's certainly interesting. i'll deploy my cheat phrase: let's see her a couple of albums down the line.