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Zola Jesus - Conatus
ARTiST..[ Zola Jesus
TiTLE...[ Conatus
GENRE...[ Indie GRABBER.[ EAC
LABEL...[ Souterrain Transmissions ENCODER.[ Lame 3.98.4
YEAR....[ 2011 QUALiTY.[ vbr 236kbps
SOURCE..[ CDDA MODE....[ Joint-Stereo
PLAYTIME[ 40:12 min REL.DATE[ 09.30.2011
TRACKS..[ 11 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA
SiZE....[ 68,3 MB SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA
T R A C K L i S T
NR. TRACK. TiME.
01 Swords 01:04
02 Avalanche 03:21
03 Vessel 04:42
04 Hikikomori 03:47
05 Ixode 04:14
06 Seekir 03:45
07 In Your Nature 03:28
08 Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake 04:27
09 Shivers 02:54
10 Skin 04:22
11 Collapse 04:08
TOTAL: 40:12
R E L E A S E N O T E S
At just 22, Nika Roza Danilovas
accomplishments make for some intimidating
reading. She wrote her debut album, The
Spoils, while studying French and Philosophy
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shes
toyed with side projects in the form of LA
Vampires and Former Ghosts, and toured with
Fever Ray and The xx. And now comes her third
full-length.
Following in the stylistic footsteps of 2010s
Stridulum II collection, Conatus is a dark and
brooding set of songs, just resting on the
right edge of hopelessness. A little more
industrial, a little less fragile, perhaps
but still, this is trademark Zola Jesus, and
thats in no way a bad thing. Her quavering
operatic tones are instantly recognisable over
a bed of fierce snare fires and evolving synth
pads. So, this isnt an album that has taken
any great strides away from the formula thats
served its master so well to date; but as an
artist still emerging into the mainstream,
its wise for Danilova to play to her
strengths.
The production has certainly taken a step up,
though, with a more polished sheen detectable
throughout Conatus, and certain constituents
warped into darker sounds that twist and
writhe as they scream out of the speakers.
Vessel is an easy highlight, its grinding Nine
Inch Nails beat the precursor to a soaring
chorus; while Ixode is all Cold Cave-style
synthetics with a comparable bleakness.
Whereas once Danilovas voice was the main
attraction, now ears are dragged far deeper
into her music, the beats here more than just
an accompaniment to her star turn at the
microphone. Adversely however, this makes the
lyrical content of Conatus is far less
memorable.
With vocals taking something of a back seat,
the initial hit of lines like "If its in your
nature, youll never win" (In Your Nature) are
lost under a mesmerising backing track. Its a
double-edged sword, but the intimacy of
previous Zola Jesus records has faded a little
on Conatus. This is a strong record, theres
no doubting that but it still feels like the
best is yet to come from Danilova, which some
may consider a disappointment now that shes
three albums to the good.
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