Recording: ZOË

Artist: ZOË

Song: Tunnel

Recorded at Burdock Music Hall (The Music Gallery's Departures Series), April 18, 2019.

ZOË - Tunnel

Zoë Alexis-Abrams' namesake popsong project has been simmering for awhile, adding songs and testing different lineups and instrumental possibilities, but this was one of those shows that felt like a bold announcement something has arrived. Focusing on vocal performance instead of keybs, Alexis-Abrams instead led a keyboard trio on stage, her gestures conducting Xuan Ye, Kvesche Bijons-Ebacher, and Amelia H. in glorious bursts of circuit-bent soul. The other key change here was the addition of percussionist D. Alex Meeks, powering the tracks with his precision grooves. It was the sort of set where you just wanted to call up 4AD and hold your phone toward the stage until they sent someone down to make the band into international stars.

[A slightly different version of the band will be joining in for a night of "moody tunes from broody heads" alongside Bunny and Hank the Kid (a new project from Henri Fabergé) at Handlebar tonight (Thursday, July 4th). ]