Lo-fi electronic songwriter Zohara, based in Tel Aviv and London, first got in touch a few months ago, and her music, shamefully, ended up lost in my rather overcrowded inbox. I’d like to rectify that now. She has recently finished recording an album’s worth of material in her bedroom – despite the fact that it sounds like she’s been working with a wealth of musicians and producers in high-class studios.
The track and video ‘Bass and Drum’ are both simply stunning. Proof yet again that the phrase ‘pop music’ is being reclaimed from the teeny-boppers and can be applied to outstanding music. This track is one of the best I have heard this year. The track can be bought for $1 (or more) from her bandcamp page
Given the events over many years in her home country, the powerful anti-war song ‘Soldier’ shows how she views the conflict, as she sings:
‘You will go and you’ll find you’ve been fooled/Following all of their rules/We’re the same on both sides of the line/How did they turned you so blind?’
Finally, ‘Piano 1976′ is quiet, beautiful and unsettling, in the best possible way. Watch out for that saxophone…
