Zola Jesus

Debuts new track ‘Go (Blank Sea)’ from forthcoming album Taiga – out 6/7 October.

Zola Jesus debuts a second track, entitled ‘Go (Blank Sea)’ from her already critically acclaimed release TAIGA, out 6/7 October 2014 on Mute.  Explaining her inspiration for the song Nika says, “I wrote ‘Go (Blank Sea)’ about the facelessness of city life. How is it you can walk down the busiest street of a metropolis, fighting through a current of busy moving bodies, yet feel completely isolated? All of the singularity rubs together to create a universal dull hum that can cancel us all out. It’s in the densest populations that I sometimes feel the most alone, and in barren uninhabited lands that I feel the most alive and human. It’s a strange dichotomy, and something I explore a lot on TAIGA.” Listen to and share ‘Go (Blank Sea)’ here:

Zola Jesus also reveals exciting new details for this year’s tour, which begins in San Francisco on 8 October. For the London and US shows, Nika will also be joined on stage by a live brass ensemble, under direction from talented brass arranger and tubist TubaJoe Exley.  Nika elaborates, “I’ve also been working closely with lighting designer Sarah Landau and stage designer Carl Robertshaw, to create a visual environment that mimics the architects and sculpture artists that inspired me while writing the record. It’s so exciting to finally bring these ideas to fruition and share them with you in person.” Opening acts Operators, Leech, The-Drum, Martin Rev (Suicide) & Lee Bannon have been confirmed on US tour dates, with news to follow on the UK and European tour.  

Nika is the 25-year-old behind Zola Jesus’ creative incarnations as sole singer and songwriter.  Influenced by her time in Iceland, Vermont, and British Columbia, TAIGA was written on Vashon Island, WA and conjures all these places while creating a sonic space of its own that each listener can travel to, explore, hide in, and celebrate. Nika tracked and mixed the album in Los Angeles with co-producer Dean Hurley (David Lynch, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse).

LIVE DATES

8 October – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s – w/ Operators

9 October – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey – w/ Leech

16 October – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall – w/ The-Drum

17 October – Washington, DC – Hirshhorn Museum

19 October – New York, NY – Webster Hall – w/ Martin Rev (Suicide) and Lee Bannon

29 October – Bristol – Colston Hall – http://bit.ly/1mBgr2o

30 October – Leeds – Belgrave Music Hall – http://bit.ly/W3mz9k

31 October – Glasgow – Stereo – http://bit.ly/1jHTtYa

1 November – Manchester Cathedral – Columns festival – http://bit.ly/U9qtfG

4 November – Paris, France – Badaboum – http://bit.ly/1mOb7rV

5 November – Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie – http://bit.ly/1oWKkIl

6 November – St Gallen, Switzerland – Palace – http://bit.ly/1q9W4MS

7 November – Geneva, Switzerland – l’Usine – http://bit.ly/1n1NQnT

8 November – Reims, France – La Cartonnerie – http://bit.ly/1qXZuQY

10 November – Köln, Germany – Gebäude 9 – http://bit.ly/1tHY949

11 November – Berlin, Germany – Berghain – http://bit.ly/1raRjCl

12 November – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel and Gefährlich – http://bit.ly/1n1O3aA

13 November – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom – http://bit.ly/U9qBMf

14 November – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique – http://bit.ly/U9qG2y

15 November – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg – http://bit.ly/1nxlCAr

18 November – London, England – KOKO – http://bit.ly/1rl60R4

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