Zola Jesus has, unfortunately been labelled with the big G-word (GOTH) which is less a clear cut way to a wider audience and more a incredible hulk sized monkey on your back. But none the less, Zola Jesus aims to shake this giant monkey in the most perfect of ways, through making genuinely great music. Her debut LP Stridulum II was released mid way through this year to many applauding hands and it was through single I Can’t Stand that she made it abundantly clear that the G word doesn’t apply. This is a wonderfully written love song which is beautifully told from a third person perspective. She plays an agony aunt of sorts but the kind of aunt who you wouldn’t be adverse to hanging out with outside of awkward family gatherings. The caring that she displays through her lyrics keep the audience glued as she wonders so unashamedly through something that is so difficult for so many people to understand, love. “It’s not easy to fall in love/but if you’re lucky you might find someone” until uttering one of the most devastatingly blunt lyrics “Cos in the end you’re on your own.” It is a bleak look at love but when sung so emotionally and so hauntingly, it’s hard for it not to leave an impression.
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