Sunday, July 3, 2011

184. ZOLA JESUS "VESSEL"


i thought i'd liven things up a bit with the ultra-broody, intoxicating, goth-tinged lead single, Vessel from L.A-based dark-wave/avant-pop high priestess Nika Roza Danilova aka Zola Jesus off her forthcoming album "Conatus" (2011).

Vessel is a mesmerizing, dark-wave-infused requiem, Danilova's shadowy, incantatory vocals resound through the darkness, her voice acting as a guiding light, summoning all the lost souls. Vessel ends in an intense cacophony of relentless, abrasive industrial beats et a deluge of swirling, screeching synth washes that continue to build before finally imploding, leaving a deafening silence in its wake.


MP3: Vessel

here's the epic new, 90s-styled music video for Vessel, directed by Jacqueline Castel.

also check out the great Poltergeist inspired music video for the track Sea Walk from Zola Jesus' "Stridulum II" album (2010), directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jacqueline Castel of Future Primitive Films.


the "Conatus" album will be available October 4th from Sacred Bones.

you can find Zola Jesus here: myspace | facebook | zolajesus

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