The Zolas’ Zachary Gray on ‘Come Back To Life,’ Britpop, and Canada’s Treatment of First Nations People

With their distinctive progressive indie rock sound, The Zolas are acting a little nostalgic with their brand new album Come Back To Life. It’s often unpredictable what can happen when a group of talented musicians get together in a recording studio and, in the case of The Zolas, they started to look to the past for inspiration when they were setting out to write and record their latest record. When they got into the studio, the band started to experiment with a 1990s Britpop-inspired sound, an era of rock that they so gleefully obsessed over as kids. After not being able to shake the vibe, the trio became convinced that they should write a whole album of songs that pay their respects to this fabled era of rock n’ roll. The band even found it somewhat comical to go this route with their la...

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