23 year-old, Detroit-based singer/songwriter Chloe Drallos is the creative mastermind behind the rising pop recording project Zilched. Started back in 2017, Drallos exploded into the national scene with her full-length debut, 2020’s DOOMPOP, an effort, which saw the Detroit-based artist quickly establishing an eclectic, genre-defying take on pop.
Drallos’ highly-anticipated sophomore album, the Ian Ruhala and Ben Collins co-produced Earthly Delights is slated for an August 11, 2023 release through Young Heavy Souls. Reportedly a testament to the maturation of her uncompromising creative vision, Drallos’ sophomore album sees her adding grunge elements to her gothic pop-tinged take on art rock. While being a dazzling display of poetic lyricism that sees the Detroit-based artist weaving an intricate tapestry of Romantic imagery, metaphor and religious allegory that softens the blow of her brutal honesty, the album explores the purgatorial nature of bargaining with an indecisive lover and with oneself.
“Loveless,” Earthly Delights‘ latest single oscillates between shimmering and yearning Kate Bush-like verses and cathartic, rousingly anthemic choruses as the song’s narrator speaks of something that’s fairly universal: the frustration and annoyance of a lover that’s been withholding and indecisive. The song ends with its narrator essentially saying “make up your mind or I’ll make it up for you.” While “Loveless” is a display of slick and seemingly effortless craft, the song feels rooted in bitter, deeply lived-in experience.
“The song is like a conversation between lovers. Contemplating the purgatorial roller coaster that exists between freedom and unity,” Drallos says.
Directed by Chloe Drallos, the accompanying video for “Loveless” sees Drallos and her band performing in a bare studio in a lush swatch of red and blue lighting as a sparse crowd of mysterious onlookers dispassionately watch. “As for the video, I was inspired by disco TV performances and Giallo horror,” Drallos explains.
Drallos will be touring to support the new album, and the tour includes an August 27, 2023 stop at The Broadway. Check out the tour dates below.
Zilched Live Dates:
Aug 19 Detroit, MI @ El Club (album release show)
Aug 22 Indianapolis, IN @ Long Shot
Aug 23 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Aug 24 Cincinnati, OH @ Design Collective
Aug 25 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center
Aug 26 Philadelphia, PA @ MoMA 2
Aug 27 Brooklyn, NY @ The Broadway
Aug 30 Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s Pub
Aug 31 Burlington, VT @ Mothership
Sept 1 Montreal, Canada @ TBD
Sept 2 Toronto, Canada @ The Baby G
Sept 3 Windsor, Canada @ The Chelsea
Sept 4 Hamtramck, MI @ Labor Day Fest
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