zzzahara

Emotionally, its foundations are built on scorched earth. The album finds zzzahara in the aftermath of a relationship spent trying to fit someone else’s mould, being jerked around by indecision, and then hitting “emotional rock bottom.”

Made in a three-month burst that let all their pent-up frustrations loose, Spiral Your Way Out is in part a work of self-reclamation, swapping Tender’s meditative state for something fiery and more assertive. “I was going through such a tough time, but I felt like I didn't have anyone to reach out to,” zzzahara says of the period leading up to the album, which was a chaotic blur spent mostly on tour or in isolation. “When I finally sat down in the studio, I just had all this fucking anger – towards that person for treating me badly, but mostly towards myself for not walking away. I think in that situation I just kind of let things be, and I was mad at myself for letting myself isolate for so long and never putting my foot down. In the end, I just took it all out on the record.”

"Ghosts” is a highly relatable, stripped-back track about hating and loving the feeling of staying in a toxic relationship, taking a page out of the Scene Aesthetic and Dashboard Confessional playbooks. The vocals take the lead, allowing the most painful emotions to stick out like exposed nails. The 3D-animated video for the track is directed by Hannah Bon and features a 3D-rendered zzzahara trapped in a dream, as things start to get weirder and weirder, with cats singing the song back to them and ghosts appearing out of lava lamps.

Pre-order the album on limited edition yellow and black splatter vinyl, cassette tape and CD.

All orders receive digital track and album downloads on release days.

Stream Ghosts → GHOSTS