Yes. We just scored a pre-release of ZAZA’s ethereal opium-laced track, “Sooner or Later” off of their upcoming EP, Cameo, due out on Kanine Records (a.k.a. the Williamsburg label who first released Grizzly Bear and Chairlift) on August 11th and currently pre-released at iTunes.
ZAZA is the musical union of Jennifer Fraser and Danny Taylor, who are both west coast transplants that connected by fate in New York. The duo started creating textural loops and aural soundscapes, yielding strange ideas during the isolation of New York winters. Quite insular in the song-writing process, all the dreamy melodies, lyrics, and timbres are written about/for each other. The band might describe their sound best as “a love affair that feels like metal on metal”. No strangers to creating great music, Jennifer is a talented multi-instrumentalist who previously played in Teepee Records’ stalwarts The Warlocks, while Danny is known for his close associations with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart while also manning sound for various bands and venues throughout NYC.
ZAZA
“Sooner or Later” (mp3)
from “Cameo”
(Kanine Records LLC)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
Let the awesome press explain the rest:
“On tracks like “Repetition” and “Sooner Or Later ,” the New York-based two-piece let their echo-laden vocals wash over waves of gothy, post-punk-influenced guitars and muscular percussion for a sound that is, at once, sensual and suspenseful. Erotic thrillers would be well matched with these eerie, enticing songs, which can make crime scenes and sex scenes alike seem more mysterious.” – Rumblefish
“ZAZA are an awesome duo creating ethereal shoegaze influenced fuzz…” – Drone Magazine
“It’s a shocking surprise to know that they haven’t been involved in every other indie film, or placed into the final scene of an HBO episode which would probably involve some kind of epiphany, scandal, or glamorous shot of drug consumption. ZAZA brings the ethereal aspect of most shoegaze bands but stand apart because of their ability to skillfully slide moments of suspense, pleasure, and even danger into their sound…If you’re smart and you trust our gut instinct, you’ll be ahead of the game when ZAZA is the only band anyone can talk about. ‘Have you heard of this band named ZAZA?’ Your answer: ‘Yeah, man. Haven’t you?’” – Beatcrave
” Zaza are a name you need to know about…they have become one of New York’s best kept secrets.” – Dazed and Confused
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