Following on from the release of her highly-praised 2017 LP 'Okovi', Zola Jesus has now announced her plans for a new studio album, arriving in the coming months.
The new full-length 'Arkhon' is being previewed by the new lead single 'Lost', which comes accompanied by a stunning Mu Tunç-directed video, and is set to be released on the 20th May via Sacred Bones.
Speaking about the new offering, she said, “It’s true. Everyone I know is lost. Lost hope, lost future, lost present, lost planet. There is a collective disillusionment of our burning potential. As we stray further from nature, we drift from ourselves. ‘Lost’ is a sigil to re-discover our coordinates and claim a new path.” Of the video she states, “I wanted to shoot the video in a place that carried a lot of energy, with someone that I felt understood the spiritual backbone of the song. It was a surprisingly natural process to make this video with Mu Tunc in Turkey. I put my faith in him and in Cappadocia, a labyrinthine city built within 60 million-year-old caves. Throughout human history these caves have served as a citadel for so many different groups of people who went there to get lost. It is a testament to the resilience of humanity, and the durability of our earth.”
While director Mu Tunc added, “The story of ‘Lost’ is a visual litany of devotion. Reflects the exodus of the true self through the mystical environments of Cappadocia. Zola Jesus is for me like an outcast philosopher of today’s confused society.’’
Check out the new video for 'Lost' in the player and see the album's full tracklisting below.
'Arkhon' Tracklist:
1. Lost
2. The Fall
3. Undertow
4. Into The Wild
5. Dead and Gone
6. Sewn
7. Desire
8. Fault
9. Efemra
10. Do That Anymore
