Zoë Fromer is a New York-born and-raised singer/songwriter, who spent stints in Boca Raton, FL. Fromer can trace the origins of her career to growing up listening to and being inspired by her mother’s CD collection, which featured Blondie and Queen, before she found heaven in The Kills, The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age among others.
In pursuit of a musical landscape that could provide more space for her, Fromer relocated to New York, where she immersed herself in the city’s bustling music scene and honed what she has dubbed a toothsome,. emotional iteration of soulful indie rock.
Fromer’s sophomore EP, the four-song, John Young-produced Velvet was recorded in Ridgewood, Queens-based Magnetar Sound. The EP sees the Boca Raton-born, New York-based artist pushing her own boundaries emotionally, lyrically and sonically. Thematically, the material follows the pendulum of ill-fated flings and bleeding heart love, touching upon love, sex, anger, rage desire, loss and sorrow. The central message of it all: the power of feminine emotion — and of fully owning it.
The EP’s lead single “No Questions” is a slithering rocker featuring buzzing power chords, a relentless, chugging motorik-like groove punctuated with forceful drumming paired with rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses. The song’s arrangement seems to channel Desert Sessions Vol. 9 & 10 while serving as a gritty soundscape for Fromer’s sultry delivery.