Zola Jesus Live on WFMU

Coming off two killer 7"'s and on the verge of releasing the excellent Tsar Bomba EP on Troubleman, Zola Jesus was nice enough to drop by for a brunch-hour set on a winter Sunday morning.  The Madison, WI-based band is led by the warped caberet chanteuse vocalizing of Nika (sometimes aka Zola Jesus, actually) who constructs and plays the tunes herself on the recordings.  The live band version consists of Max Elliott (floor tom), Lindsay (ex-Pink Reason, bass) and Dead Luke (synth).  Zola Jesus stirs up a charming mix of synth-mired darkwave and lo-fi bedroom haze with charisma to spare.   The Jersey Boy bagels were a big hit with the band.

Zola Jesus - Odessa
Zola Jesus - Dog
Zola Jesus - Orthodox
Zola Jesus - Last Day

The live audio in this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States license.

Comments

[Norm]

Every time I hear these songs, I imagine an empty high school with a creepy green light coming from a door at the end of the hall.

[Nash Rose]

Zola in korean means crazy. It's true!

This is really good.

[Kyle]

thank you. i just found out about these guys. in no time at all, with Pictureplane, Grouper, Nite Jewell, Caretaker and Goslings, i think a great potential murk-pop comp is in the cards. I'm probably forgetting some too. so thanks again - and much impossible, humongous love this blog/station!