Zeal & Ardor Return with “Greif”
Zeal & Ardor scored one of the most acclaimed releases of 2022 with their self-titled album. Now, they’ve followed it up with Greif. The band has been primarily a creative outlet for Manuel Gagneux and up until now he has performed all instruments besides drums. Greif changes this by having the rest of the band cut their own tracks.
That includes bassist Lukas Kurmann, who has been with the group since 2019.
Speaking on the album’s intention, Gagneux said, “I wanted to expand upon what we had and introduce new colors. There are angry and accusatory moments, but there’s also some solace and happiness. I’m widening the palette of colors we have to paint with. These are avenues we haven’t tried.”
Part of the palette is a monstrous bass tone from Kurmann. Check out the track “Clawing Out” for a great example:
Greif is out now on CD, vinyl and as a digital download (Apple Music and Amazon Music).
Greif Track List:
- the Bird, the Lion and the Wildkin
- Fend You Off
- Kilonova
- are you the only one now?
- Go home my friend
- Clawing out
- Disease
- 369
- Thrill
- une ville vide
- Sugarcoat
- Solace
- Hide in Shade
- to my ilk
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
