SirLARIATO: Okovi by Zola Jesus

Always thematically challenging, lyrically cutting and, above all, strikingly powerful; Okovi represents, for me, the pinnacle of Zola Jesus' gothic-tinged industrial electronica-pop sound. Featuring a good number of the songs that make up her modern day setlist, the album presents an unflinching view into a tumultuous period of the singer's life, marked by tragedy and upheaval - yet there is beauty and hope to be found, punctuated and enforced by the singer's soaring vocals that set her well apart from so many of her contemporaries. In a catalogue of amazing music, Okovi is her masterpiece.

Okovi

9/8/2017