you might be forgiven for thinking that she had only just arrived, but the sombre American singer-songwriter has already announced her second album, CONATUS, due out September 26. I get irritated by lazy comparisons to the likes of Siouxsie Sioux et al. This is just wrong on so many levels - I saw ZJ live at The CAMP late last year, it sounded 'ok', but it was rather like watching a very frightened young deer accidently find itself caught in the stage lights. Flanked by some older guys on synths, she stomped around whilst signing and staring at the floor. By contrast, Siouxise was a fierce whirlwind, baiting and goading audiences of every size from the very first moment she began. However, if people laid off the premature comparisons to such iconic greats, Zola could (and should) get there in her own sweet time. Here on new track VESSEL she demonstrates exactly how far her writing has already progressed...
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