{"id":32924,"date":"2020-05-04T13:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:27:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:27:14","slug":"interview-london-duo-zelah-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/interview-london-duo-zelah-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"London Duo Zelah Amp Up the Drama on Cinematic Debut EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zelah Van-Gowler and Elliot Neale met during a music class in college, and ever since moving to London after graduation, they’ve been hard at work on their indie pop project Zelah, which released its first album I\u00a0<\/em>on May 1. With audible inspiration from bands including London Grammar and Glass Animals, the album explores the transitional moments of life, from quitting jobs to ending relationships.<\/p>\n

Van-Gowler, in fact, credits a breakup for the EP’s inception. “It was kind of my first proper relationship, and that was coming to an end about the same time that this started up, so it was perfect timing,” she says. The track “Run Away” is about that relationship, while “Closer” deals with Van-Gowler’s subsequent experiences in the London dating scene, and “Static” expresses infatuation with a new love interest.<\/p>\n

“Let Go,” the last song on the EP, was inspired by Van-Gowler’s frustration with an unfulfilling day job as an assistant at a digital agency when she longed to devote herself to music. “It’s basically just about that feeling that you’re in the wrong place and not quite where you’re meant to be and something’s kind of off with what you’re doing \u2014 this urgency to feel something real and be doing something that you really believe in,” she says.<\/p>\n