Ghostly goings on from gothic psych queen Zola Jesus and kindred
spirit LA Vampires (the current guise of Amanda Brown from
Pocahaunted), who collaborate across this cracking new mini
album. 'Bone Is Bloodstone' rumbles into motion with those familiarly
smudged out, indecipherable vocals and evaporating drum machines but
there's a heavy bass groove and some ghoulish melodic developments set
to balance out any of the more noxiously no-fi elements . In a more
reflective mood, 'In The Desert' momentarily extinguishes the low end
and stirs up a shimmering expanse of freetime wah-wah chords and
droning voices. An altogether funkier prospect, 'Searching' hints at
Pocahaunted's latter-day output, firing up a junkyard dub rhythm, and
this idea gets stretched out to booming sub-funk proportions in time
for closer 'No No No', which you can just about discern as covering
the Dawn Penn hit 'You Don't Love Me'.