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| Photo By: Jeff Elston |
Straight
from Wisconsin to your ears! Zola Jesus unveils new album, TAIGA via The New
York Times' Press Play series. But this
was just a sneak peak. The album in its entirety will be released October 7th,
2014 on Mute. If you're not familiar with Zola Jesus, it is ear candy for pop
lovers with lots of catchy and contagious hooks and Listen to TAIGA in its
entirety here.
For her
5th studio album, Nika relocated to Vashon Island in the Puget Sound to fully
immerse herself in the environment from which the music was inspired. The taiga
is the world’s largest terrestrial biome; a wild boreal forest covering large
portions of Russia, referred to as the Northwoods where it connects in North
America, including all of Canada and large portions of Eurasia.
To Nika, the taiga represents boundlessness;
no law, just survival - at once innocent and raw, embodying naivety from its
purity, yet at its core unforgiving and savage.
According to the artist: “The music on the record is massive, with big
brass and beats, crystal clear vocals.
TAIGA
TRACKLISTING
Taiga
Dangerous
Days
Dust
Hunger
Go
(Blank Sea)
Ego
Lawless
Nail
Long
Way Down
Hollow
It’s
Not Over
LIVE
DATES
10/8 –
San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s w/ Operators
10/9 –
Los Angeles, CA – El Rey w/ Leech
10/16 –
Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/ The-Drum
10/17 –
Washington, DC – Hirshhorn Museum
10/19 –
New York, NY – Webster Hall w/ Martin Rev (Suicide) & Lee Bannon
10/29 –
Bristol, England – Colston Hall
10/30 –
Leeds, England – Belgrave Music Hall
10/31 –
Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo
11/1 –
Manchester, England – Manchester Cathedral - Columns
11/4 –
Paris, France – Badaboum
11/5 –
Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie
11/6 St
Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
11/7 Geneva,
Switzerland – l’Usine
11/8 –
Reims, France – La Cartonnerie
11/10 –
Köln, Germany – Gebäude 9
11/11 –
Berlin, Germany – Berghain
11/12 –
Hamburg, Germany – Uebel and Gefährlich
11/13 –
Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
11/14 –
Brussels, Belgium – La Nuit Botanique
11/15 –
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11/18 – London, England - KOKO
