Miracle

Zombi's Steve Moore and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O'Sullivan have teamed together again to bring us another round of synth pop as Miracle.  The duo's new "The Living Likeness of My Electric Daemon" LP is out in June from Relapse.  Pre-order it here and listen to the industrial-tinged "PVC Vest" below.

Daily Jam - Spirit Animal

2009 was kind of whirlwind year for me. I turned 30. It was my first year of marriage and the year my dad died. My first year in a new home with my wife. It was the last time the Longhorns were any good (until now finally), and the beginning of the Saints’ Super Bowl run. It was the year I started blogging. The year I spent many a weekend in the car driving back and forth to Grand Prairie, Texas to check in on my mom. It was a year that I saw tons of live music and bought even more. To be honest, even though I had always bought a lot of records and such, the hunt and procural thereof became a form of catharsis for me in 2009. After losing my dad, it filled up more and more of my time, and to this day, can still give me a weird sense of euphoria when I finally discover something on my want list.

And man, did I get a bunch of great stuff.

Aside from their numerous solo ventures, Steve Moore’s and Anthony Paterra’s Zombi has become a favorite project of mine ever since 2009, and the duo’s third proper full length LP Spirit Animal. Hyped on many of the different music blogs and websites I was reading at the time, the record was a wonderful hybrid of spacey prog rock and blaring analog synthesizers, perfectly encapsulated on the epic, 15-minute album opener and title track. Playing like some alternate, unused score from Romero’s (RIP) Dawn of the Dead, an unearthed Goblin B-side, or the house music for the coolest planetarium ever, “Spirit Animal” is full of dramatic synths, pulsing, oozing bass, and ominous celestial tones. It feels like a story. It feels cinematic. If these guys weren’t already scoring films, I’d be urging them to with every breath.

Zombi still certainly hooks me with every subsequent release, but nothing quite like that first revelation. It soundtracked several of those aforementioned drives to visit my mom in '09, and in some ways, I would have been lost without them, as well as the hundreds of other artists that helped massage my soul.

Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Zombi

Hell yeah, we've got new music from Zombi coming our way in March.  Check out the chugging, apocalyptic sounds of "The Post-Atomic Horror" below and pre-order the "Direct Inject" LP here from Relapse.

Daily Jam - The Henge / Ascension

It's Friday, and we all probably have shit we need to get done, but let's listen to some proggy synths from Steve Moore while we do it.  Check out "The Henge / Ascension" below, our Daily Jam.

Zombi & Friends

Pittsburgh synth and prog duo Zombi are back with a new album, though this time it's a covers record, and they've brought some friends along to provide the vocals.  Hear the band cover everyone from Dionne Warwick to Neil Diamond and beyond, featuring assists from members of The Sword, Trans Am, and more.  It plays like a stoner's yacht rock album.  Check out the cover of the Alan Parsons Project's "Sirius/Eye in The Sky" below and get the "Zombi & Friends, Vol 1" LP here from Relapse.

Zombi

New music from Zombi is always reason to celebrate, and the Pittsburg duo have a new EP heading our way in May.  I can't help but dig on that goofy album art.  Listen to the prog of "Black Forest" below and pre-order "Liquid Crystal" here from Relapse.

Zombi

Man, i had no idea we were getting new Zombi this year.  The appropriately named "2020," the duo's first new record in five years, opens with "Breakthrough & Conquer," a driving, riff-filled track that feels way more indebted to hard rock than anything the band has done prior.  Take a listen below, and pre-order the record here via Relapse.

Steve Moore

Zombi's Steve Moore has a new album of solo material out today, the first non-soundtrack record he's done in 5 years or so.  "Beloved Exile" combines ambient library sounds with new age drone and horror score tones, oozing out over 5 tracks.  This time around, Moore has brought along Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi, harpist Mary Lattimore, and percussionist Jeff Gretz to create something almost a little more psychedelic in nature to any of his previous output.  And The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle provided all the song titles.  This is a cool one folks.  Listen to the crawling album opener "Your Sentries will Be Met with Force" below and order the record here from Temporary Residence.

Miracle

Long a fan of prolific artist Steve Moore, whether it be his soundtrack work or his proggier synth moods with duo Zombi, there's just something kind of magical when he goes all out New Wave pop.  Miracle, his synthy, poppy project with Daniel O'Sullivan pulses and grooves with the best dance records from 30+ years ago, and still leans into moments of prog rock, Carpenter-esque synth wave, and pure, unadulterated cheese.  It's fucking great.  Watch the video for "Light Mind" below and get "The Strife of Love in a Dream" LP here from Relapse.

Steve Moore - Unconquered Sun

Steve Moore, one half of the synth prog rock band Zombi, often ventures out solo to record all manner of different projects, be they film scores, droning experiments, or all out synth ragers.  He just put out the previously unreleased "Unconquered Sun," recorded in 2015 for the Star's End Ambient Radio Winter Solstice broadcast on WXPN in Philadelphia.  It's epic.  Listen below and get it from the artist here.

Steve Moore - The Mind's Eye

Much love to Shawn for the heads up on this.  It seems that every time i hear about a new horror film i wanna check out, Joe Begos' new film "The Mind's Eye" this time around, there's always a good chance the score will be provided by Zombi's Steve Moore.  And that's awesome.  The artist has been perfectly taking cues from prog and synth horror soundtracks and bending them into his own constructs for years now, and it's lovely to see his stuff actually compliment real films.  Listen to "Intro" below and pre-order the record from Relapse.

Cub

While we're celebrating a new upcoming release from Zombi, we may as well get giddy about the score for the upcoming horror film "Cub."  The film is about a homicidal maniac terrorizing a cub scout troop (just like the Weird Al song!), and the music comes from Zombi's Steve Moore.  You can also pre-order this one from Relapse and listen to "Intro and Credits" below.

Zombi

Hazaa!  This October sees the triumphant return of Zombi, with the duo's new record "Shape Shift," just in time for Halloween.  The new album finds the band focusing on a more live prog rock sound, with plenty of horror score motifs sewn within.  I'm stoked.  Pre-order the record from Relapse and listen to "Pillars of the Dawn" below.

The Zombi Anthology

Inexcusable!  Somehow i missed that Relapse Records just reissued Zombi's first material from 10 years ago.  "The Zombi Anthology" had previously only been available on a limited CD that the duo put out themselves, but now finds itself on vinyl for the first time.  I have been a huge fan of Steve Moore and Anthony Patera and their numerous side projects ever since 2009 when i heard "Spirit Animal" for the first time.  Much thanks to Shawn Baker for cluing me on to this.  Listen to the horror movie inspired "Sequence 1" below and grab the record here or here.

Some Goblin pics

Last night's Goblin performance at Mohawk was pretty damn great.  A bunch of old Italian prog rockers (and Steve Moore from Zombi) laying waste to a horde of horror nerds.  Well done.  Here's a few pics.

Goblin!!!

I get to go see the legendary Goblin tonight (with Zombi's Steve Moore sitting in on keyboards)!  I am beyond ecstatic.  In celebration, listen to the band's theme for "Profondo Rosso" below.

Steve Moore

Steve Moore's (Zombi, Miracle, Lovelock, etc.) 2010 solo album "Primitive Neural Pathways" is something that i sadly just stumbled upon.  The album plays like an analog synth soundtrack to an old 8mm science film from the 60's that they still would have been showing kids when i was in junior high.  So, get your planetarium shoes on and listen to "Orogenous Zones" below.  Get the record from Dangerous Age.