Zilched and the genre agnostic breathless beauty of "Loveless" (Official Video)

"Cause I can’t predict what comes next / I can’t wait on this forever / Won’t you free yourself instead / Loveless indecision lurks under my bed..."

Sometimes a piece of art draws from defined styles so much so that the art itself feels boxed in. Van Gogh is largely considered a post impressionist and, for some, not adventurous enough to drop the 'post', though some of his work could be considered neo impressionistic. Still many classical descriptions would not put Van Gogh largely in the avant garde category, though he certainly belongs there. He certainly does. 

All this mumbo jumbo which could easily branch off to my direct disdain of art critics came to mind listening to and watching the Official Video for "Loveless" by the 'open boxed' Zilched, the moniker of Chloe Drallos. The track, from Zilched's sophomore album "Earthly Delights", that dropped August 11 via Young Heavy Souls, leaves impressions in my skin, is certainly varied in scope, gloriously pulls sounds from underground movements in the 70's, 90's and early aughts. Atmospheres that have a vintage bohemian rock sense, has the textures of 60's hippies and post punk goths, has the raw roughness of macramé and the psychedelic softness of purple velvet. I love the universe building the Drallos revels in while still writing something akin to a free spirited bedroom pop song all at the same time. I don't need to define this sound but I certainly want to bathe in it because it feels great, earthy and high. 

Drallos's voice is beautiful in a full bodied gutsy way and her poetry is unbridled in it's sense of romance and self determination. 

In the name of love
I’ve been drinking from an empty cup

You said you never felt this way
I’m alone again today
I said it's funny I still feel so strange
It never goes away

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

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Chloe Drallos has been making music as Zilched since the summer of 2017 and, at only 23, has been established as a scion of the underground.

In 2020, she released her debut album DOOMPOP on Detroit label Young Heavy Souls. The album solidified her conspicuously eclectic, genre-transcendent pop and exposed Drallos’ sound to a national audience.

Zilched is now releasing Earthly Delights, her highly-anticipated sophomore album, which showcases her unparalleled alt-rock authenticity and stadium-sized pop sensibilities. At its heart, Drallos' music is an explosive, ethereal Lynchian dream sequence that embodies the notorious ethos of its hometown, Detroit.

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