Summary from 6 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated ZS's catalog across 7 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 7.4/10. The top-rated ZS album is Xe (2015) with a 8.0/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Arms and Grain. The discography on Wavelength spans 2007 to 2015.
Xe
“Zs' latest album shows the band taking a more stripped back approach to their hypnotically repetitive approach to experimental rock, jazz, and drone.”
Xe
“The ever-confounding New York ensemble Zs’ first album featuring drummer Greg Fox (Liturgy, Guardian Alien, Ben Frost) finds them demonstrating an energy and urgency they’ve never had before. This trio leavens the abstruse with the excitable and pairs the improvised and wild with the calculated and controlled.”
Score - The Complete Sextet Works: 2002-2007
“Bringing the sheet-music rigor of classical to avant-prog, Zs carved out a distinct mark at the end of the sonic alphabet. This 4xCD set collects the NYC band's work as a sextet in the mid 2000s, complete with bonus tracks and live recordings.”
Arms
“This Brooklyn avant-chamber crew hammers melodies out on strings, reeds, and skins, all delivered with a fervor that splinters and sharpens the phrases into razor-y points.”
Grain
“Grain is the first release by the latest Zs lineup-- saxophonist Sam Hillmer, guitarist Patrick Higgins, and ex-Liturgy drummer Greg Fox. Rather than set expectations for this phase of the band by releasing original compositions, the trio opted to create a cannibalistic mixtape that feeds on the carcass of the last Zs iteration.”
New Slaves
“The experimental Brooklyn band's latest is a satisfying descent into noisy chaos.”
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