Los Angeles-based indie/alt musician ZZZAHARA have released their new single “In Your Head“, alongside a music video.
The song features on the upcoming album, Spiral Your Way Out, set to arrive on January 10 via Lex Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The artsit have also announced their first North American tour dates in support of the new album. See the dates below.
“In Your Head” features slowburn melodies and fuzzy shoegaze guitars with reeling riffs and heartsick lyrics evoking early Title Fight. It was co-produced and written alongside former Ducktails guitarist Alex Craig (Jelani Aryeh, re6ce). Zzzahara say:
“Alex messaged me on Instagram one day and I ended up meeting up with him. I think we talked about a million things before we started working on music. Every time I work with him we just shoot the shit for an hour or so! We were geeking out on old school emo and all our hot takes on current artists. We also were nerding out on our favourite riffs and that’s how ‘In Your Head,’ was made. Alex is definitely one of my favourite guitar players. We worked for like 9-10 hours without eating. I’ll never forget how hungry I was.”
The video, directed by Bethany Michalski, pays homage to mid 2000s emo and punk videos a la Paramore and Fall Out Boy, reflecting zzzahara’s unabashed embrace of their formative emo and punk influences for the first time.
Watch /listen below.
zzzahara Upcoming Tour Dates:
JANUARY
15 – New York, New York @ Rough Trade (in-store)
FEBRUARY
14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre
26 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill (Noise Pop)
27 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
19 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
20 – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall
21 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
MARCH
22 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo
27 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
28 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
29 – Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive
30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ International Bar
APRIL
1 – Denver, CO @ Skylark Lounge
3 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
MAY
2 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
3 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
4 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Bling Pig
5 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Underground
6 – Montreal, QC @ L’Escogriffe
7 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sultan Room
10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy
11 – Washington, DC @ DC9
13 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings
14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
16 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
17 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
20 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
21 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
22 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
