Zola Jesus announces sixth album with first single "Lost"

"Lost" is Zola Jesus' first outing since covering Lustmord's "Prime" earlier this month, and is accompanied by a Mu Tunc-directed video.

Zola Jesus, real name Nika Roza Danilova, said of the single, "It’s true. Everyone I know is lost. Lost hope, lost future, lost present, lost planet. There is a collective disillusionment of our burning potential. As we stray further from nature, we drift from ourselves. "Lost" is a sigil to re-discover our coordinates and claim a new path."

The new release is the opening song from Zola Jesus' Arkhon album, which will follow 2017's Okovi. Zola Jesus worked on the new album with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))) and drummer and percussionist Matt Chamberlain.

"When I look back at my work, I see there's a theme where I fixate on my fear of the unknown," Danilova said. "That really came into fruition for this record, because I had to let go of so much control. I had to surrender to whatever the outcome would be. That used to be really hard for me, and now I had no other choice."

Danilova added of the album title, "Arkons are a Gnostic idea of power wielded through a flawed god. They taint and tarnish humanity, keeping them corrupted instead of letting them find their harmonious selves. I do feel like we are living in an arkhonic time; these negative influences are weighing extremely heavy on all of us. We're in a time of arkhons. There's power in naming that."

Tracklist:

1. Lost
2. The Fall
3. Undertow
4. Into The Wild
5. Dead and Gone
6. Sewn
7. Desire
8. Fault
9. Efemra
10. Do That Anymore