There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, wields a voice that does that. When you hear it, it is like you are being summoned to a place thats already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience. This place has been buried because it tends to hold pain, but its also a gift, because once its opened, once youre inside of it, it can show you the truth. Zola Jesuss new album, Arkhon, finds new ways of loosing this submerged, stalled pain.

Lost (3:24) The Fall (4:04) Undertow (4:14) Into The Wild (4:14) Dead and Gone (3:11) Sewn (5:40) Desire (5:02) Fault (4:14) Efemra (3:49) Do That Anymore (4:12)