zzzahara + Stay In Nothing

A double bill at The Victoria in London, pairing the Los Angeles songwriter zzzahara with the three-piece Stay In Nothing. The evening sits across pop, rock and indie.

zzzahara is a Los Angeles songwriter and musician whose work fuses hazy, shoegaze-style textures with candid, autobiographical storytelling. The fourth album, Distant Lands, released on Lex Records and produced by Casey Lagos, moves away from romance towards family, memory and experiences of opioid addiction. Its writing was prompted by a dream about the artist's brother, who died when zzzahara was twelve, and it reflects on feeling caught between emotional and mental worlds. The recent single Speed Racer addresses trusting one's path through uncertainty.

Stay In Nothing is a three-piece with a nostalgic, melancholic sound. Their songs move between dreamy, melodic passages and dense, loud walls of noise.

The Victoria is a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. The bill pairs one introspective songwriter with a band that works across quiet melody and heavy volume, giving the evening two contrasting approaches.