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In a thoughtful review that evokes The Doors, Nick Cave, Gato Loco, and “The Dap Kings at their darkest,” New York Music Daily dives into J Hacha de Zola’s new LP, writing that the just-released East of Eden “really captures the grim uncertainty of the world.”
Proud as hell today of Mr. J Hacha de Zola upon the release of his fifth album East of Eden, a big 'ol artistic and stylistic leap forward for this Jersey City boy. He recently discussed the new record with Alex Green, host of the Stereo Embers Podcast, which is itself becoming one of the essential interviews for emerging and career artists.
Green likens De Zola to “a feral blend of David Johansen, Screaming Lord Sutch, and Nick Cave” and writes that “he knows how to take rusty horns, scrap metal saxophones, guttered guitars and battered drums and turn them into pure gold. East of Eden is an aching collection of dark and dreamy doo-wop, street soul, and urban R&B. It’s J Hacha De Zola in his most unvarnished and purest iteration."
Check out the podcast and then check out the album.
We’re only a day way from the release of J Hacha de Zola’s East of Eden! Today Treble Zine is on the case with the music video for "Lost Space,” comparing it to work by Tom Waits and Lee Hazelwood and calling it "a delightful noir hallucination.” That also generally describes the entirety of my human existence, so I am relating to this!
“Never before have I felt such a departure from reality as I have during the lockdown—people dying, family, friends, and their families, dying,” reveals J Hacha De Zola, discussing the deep feelings behind his new single "Which Way.” De Zola told American Songwriter, which premiered the track today, that “never before was there this blatant defiance of all rational thought being demonstrated by those in positions of power, pure fear, pure hype, [and] the population at large seemingly trapped in this dogmatic, dualistic fatalistic slow decay.”
New album East of Eden is out June 11th via Caballo Negro.
Another great chat to chat about! J Hacha De Zola and Adam Bernard recently met on Zoom to open a pack of ProSet MusiCards and talk about the great artists therein, from Tina Turner (“at the top of the list… a force of nature”) to MC Hammer (Spoiler alert: yes, J did once own parachute pants), and how each relates to De Zola’s musical upbringing.
J Hacha De Zola’s new album, East of Eden, is out on June 11 and lead single "Lost Space" can be heard everywhere here.
De Zola’s Greatest Hits is available now. His new album, East of Eden, is out on June 11 and lead single "Lost Space" can be heard everywhere here.
New Jersey Digest has a long and illuminative interview with J Hacha De Zola, who is prepping for the release of East of Eden next month while concurrently promoting his recent Greatest Hits package (on all DSPs now, alongside East of Eden advance single “Lost Space”).
According to the site’s Amaris Pollinger, that collection is “proof of his polished sheen of genius,” while the forthcoming LP is his “masterpiece (so far).” Enjoy their conversation, which delves deep into the origins and evolutions of De Zola’s persona and sound.
J Hacha De Zola’s “Strange” - available now on his recently-released Greatest Hits package - is today’s “Song Of The Day” at Eat Sleep Breathe Music. “This song paints a vivid visual for the listener,” the site contends, predicting that “you will get swept up with its woozy instrumentation and alluringly curious lyrics.”
De Zola’s newest single “Lost Space” will be streaming everywhere tomorrow, and the all new East of Eden LP arrives June 11.
It's a more accessible J Hacha De Zola we're hearing on "Lost Space," the first single from the all-new album East of Eden, out June 11. He says, “I truly feel that I have found my own voice.”
The single, out this Friday, premieres today at Glide Magazine. The site writes that De Zola "channels his inner Jim Morrison as he croons about the tragedy and pitfalls of isolation. There is something funky and soulful... saxophone, dreamy guitar, and airy harmonies, all of which come together to make this one satisfying tune."
The remixed & remastered compilation J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits is streaming everywhere now.
Thoughtful words from Jim Testa of The Jersey Journal on J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits. “It’s not all fun house mirrors and whoopee cushions. The haunting 'Strange' slows things down for a tortured love song; 'A Fool’s Moon' sweeps you off to romantic pre-revolution Cuba for a slow turn around the dance floor; and 'Syn Illusion' bids for airplay on Spanish pop radio."
Out now (w/ an all-new album 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 arriving June 11)!
Ghettoblaster writes that “a gypsy jazz vibe swirls around J Hacha De Zola’s style, with swinging elements of a klezmer-like influence filtered in at times.” His new Greatest Hits presages his next full length, East of Eden, coming in June. According to Ghettoblaster’s review, this newly remixed and remastered compilation “can stand on its own merits as we patiently wait.”
Everywhere today! The “urban junkyard" music of J Hacha De Zola is re-mastered and re-sequenced on his Greatest Hits, a 12-song collection culled from the four albums and various EPs De Zola has has released over the past five years. Embers Podcast has written that, with a “dark and swinging blend of jagged jazz, back alley blues and deliciously demented carnival stomp… Hacha De Zola might very well be one of the most important and singular artists making music today.”
The new set precedes De Zola’s upcoming album East Of Eden, slated for a June 11 release. De Zola discusses both records in the just-posted Episode 80 of Rag Bag Presents.
“Fans are in for a real treat” when they hear J Hacha De Zola’s new Greatest Hits compilation, according to Sound Vapors podcast host Tommy Marz (@tommymarzband). Marz recently featured Hacha De Zola, gushing that “every time he releases a new single or collection of songs I get excited because I know that I will be getting high quality sonics, clever lyrics and some of the swag that J seems to exude naturally.”
The new set - a remastered, exploratory 12-song collection culled from the four albums and various EPs that the eclectic “Urban Junkyard” artist has released over the past five years - is out tomorrow, Friday, April 2.
"As he does with every cover he touches, he brings his old-weird-America eccentricity to the cover." Cover Me Songs includes J Hacha De Zola's cover of Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" in its "Full Album" story about When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Hacha De Zola is working on lots of new music now., more news soon.
"Jersey City’s J Hacha De Zola hit the Trifecta this year, with three startling, different and compelling releases. Like a latterday Screamin Jay Hawkins, DeZola brings a spooky voodoo mojo to his music. It’s thrilling to imagine what he might come up with next." Jim Testa, NJ.com