ZOMES - Time Was CD Blackened

ZOMES - Time Was CD BlackenedTime Was marks a new stage in the evolution of Zomes. The album marks the first recordings of Zomes as a duo and the first time an album was recorded in a studio and not on a cassette deck. It all began when Asa Osborne was performing at the Perspectives Festival in Sweden, where he met Hanna through a mutual friend in the Skull Defekts. During Osbornes performance, Hanna, a vocalist, ended up improvising along with the music with stunning results.

This is a MUST for anyone into Powerpop/Mod

It’s surely a velvet cloak for the senses

Throughout the album we are invited to stand with him in the aftermath and have our own hearts crack open

dye-blackened vinyl

Parker’s ETA ensemble evolved from a band that played mostly standards into a group known for its transcendent

historically important release

made of large flexible sheets of metal and defined by the artist as "American Industrial folk instruments"

immersive ambience and the occasionally disconcerting yet incredibly tactile use of field recordings

circumstances

the ensemble elements reconfigure

The title track beckons bodies to the dancefloor with a rich Runaways-like temper that naturally explodes into a fiery guitar solo

” Jenkins’ pitched vocal delivers a straight monotone