To everyone who has been listening...

ZS would like to thank you for getting into this music.  For us, it's been an awesome ride!

In the winter of 2008, Ben, Ian and I found ourselves sitting in a room together without a shred of music to play.  We had recently quit playing the entire Arms/Hard EP set, and founding ZS member Charlie Looker had quit the band.  To be honest, it was a little awkward.  We had gone from a sextet to a trio through a series of surprises and no one really knew what was going to happen next. I'm not sure why everyone agreed to continue.  The situation was built on and of uncertainty.  For my part, I figured if we should stop, there'd be a sign, things would just stop working out.

Instead, we signed to Social Registry, made our three best records to date, and got to go all over the world playing this music together, and for all of you really really amazing people.  Well, who knew?  Not us...  But thanks to everyone along the way who made it possible!

Now!  We are at the beginning of a new phase.  No one has quit, ZS is Sam, Ben, and Ian, and likely always will be.  We are more psyched and on our game than ever before!

As per usual we have quit playing our old set and are just beginning the conversations and rehearsal process that will lead to whatever is next.  That takes us a long time.  That said, in the mean season we have a series of releases coming out that we are really excited about.

First up is a trio of weird format releases of the rare and the odd.  I've been calling them the Holy Trinity.  They are: THIS BODY WILL BE A CORPSE - released on an MP3 Playbutton by Parte, SKY BURIAL - A golden cassette tape courtesy of Words + Dreams, and a double 7" 45 called '33', brought to you by Northern Spy Records.

Speaking of Northern Spy, ZS has signed on for a huge amount of work with these cats.  This label is awesome and we are super excited to be working with them.  In addition to a number of ZS releases between now and early 2013, Northern Spy will be releasing full length records for Ian, Ben, and my other projects, Memory Locke, Hubble, and Black Crown Ceremony respectively.  Hubble Drums out in November with Ben out on tour immanently! Northern Spy will be out in the world talking about the ZS releases they're doing soon, so I'll leave those details to them...  but the records are gonna kill.  Finally, starting in mid 2013 we'll be back in collaboration with the Social Registry around a new EP, LP, and remix record that will be to big to fail, since that seems to be the best bet these days!

At any rate, thanks for all the love these past two or three years!  We'll be out of the basement before you know it!

As Ben would say... 

YUH!

S/ZS
NYC
August 2011

from 33: 33~
Record release date: November 8th, 2011 on Northern Spy

excerpt from Sky Burial
Due out on Words + Dreams, soon.

ALSO ENJOY THIS LIVE SET OF ZS, LIVE AT THE WHITE CHAPEL GALLERY IN LONDON!  
PEEP GAME:

for another video of ZS in Europe, check out this live compilation from Brno!

MANAGEMENT:
Duncan Rich
The Bunce Group
duncan@thebuncegroup.com