There’s a first for everything. Today, we get to discover an anime-inspired noise-rock band, Zeroz, a project that does not sound as sweet and futuristic as one might think, given its anime references. Instead, we meet a wealth of hard-hitting, noisy and raucous guitar-powered goodness, a fierce dive into post-punk, distorted chaos and rare shoegaze euphoria. Crowning it all, we find head honcho Z with otherworldly, dissonant vocals, often seen engaging in a playful, quirky delivery that perfectly matches the weird twist of our times.
That’s the exact point that ‘The Dumbest Timeline’ seeks to convey. Zeroz’s latest album, it features nine tracks with various degrees of hypnotic and explosive charges, all sharing a common mission: describing today’s uncanny political landscape in grotesque terms, urging a rebellious reaction in any like-minded listener. Among such relevant storytelling, the record also carries the heavy experience of being a young person in an increasingly dystopian world.
Delving deeper into ‘The Dumbest Timeline’, Zeroz explain: “The Dumbest Timeline is about being stuck in the dumbest Timeline possible, being ruled by greedy, hateful idiots; instead of having a good life full of possibilities, you have a dumb life, void of anything real.” 2026 is set to be a pivotal year for Zeroz, as the group gears up for a wave of international touring and records new material.
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