zilched
Artist Biography
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Chloe Drallos has been making music as Zilched since the summer of 2017, and at only 23, has been established as a scion of the underground.
Initially inspired by the likes of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Hole and The Cure, her debut EP Pulling Teeth was released in 2018 and provided the first glimpse of Zilched’s dizzying, wildly unpredictable noise-pop. A sound that was only amplified and solidified in 2020’s debut LP DOOMPOP. Released on Detroit label Young Heavy Souls, DOOMPOP was met with positive reviews and exposed Drallos’ sound to a national audience.
Her new record Earthly Delights is a testament to the maturation of Drallos’ uncompromising creative vision. Rounding out this goth pop slanted alt-rock with elements of grunge, Earthly Delights is a dazzling display of poetic lyricism as Zilched weaves an intricate tapestry of romantic imagery, metaphor, and religious allegory that softens the blow of her sometimes brutal honesty. Poised between the lure of destruction and the promise of catharsis, the album explores the purgatorial nature of bargaining with love and with oneself.
At its heart, Drallos’ music is an explosive, ethereal Lynchian dream sequence that embodies the notorious ethos of her home in Detroit.
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Featured artist on Audiotree Live
“…threading some substantial earworm vocal melodies with her signature hazy mid-range croon” - MetroTimes
“This indie pop trio is low-fi and fun, but has bite” - The Detroit News
“Her dark shoegaze and fuzz-drenched guitars hold all of the isolation, frustration and confusion that comes with navigating adolescence.” - Melted Magazine
Featured artist on Chicago Crowd Surfer
“The proper debut of Detroit’s Zilched is the antithesis of all that pageantry and pomp. “Blue Doom” has all the fixings of the ongoing 90s revival, while also adding a healthy smattering of 80s undead goth rock.” - Alt Citizen
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