Zola Jesus Reveals Cover, Tracklisting of ‘Valusia’ EP

Photo by Aaron Richter

Okay, so it’s not the album we’ve been waiting for since Zola Jesus revealed her stormy pop side (the rather excellent Stridulum EP) earlier this year. What Valusia does instead is pair the three previously unreleased tracks from her import-only Stridulum II record with a couple music videos (available here, along with commentary from director Jacqueline Castel) and her first work with producer Chris Coady (“Poor Animal,” featuring Cult of Youth‘s Christiana Key on violin). All of which are s/t-approved–so much so that we’ll be featuring Zola Jesus on our next cover, due out in late September.

In the meantime, you might want to mark your calendar with the following tour dates, which include three weeks of support slot sets for the xx. The vinyl version of Valusia (due out October 12 through Sacred Bones) is also available for pre-order now here

Valusia:
1. Poor Animal
2. Tower
3. Sea Talk
4. Lightsick

Zola Jesus fall tour:
8/31 Brighton, England – Freebutt
9/1 London, England – Camp Basement
9/2 Manchester, England – Deaf Institute
9/3 Leeds, England – Nation of Shopkeepers
9/4 Glasgow, Scotland – Indian Summer Festival
9/5 Edinburgh, Scotland – Roxy Art House
9/6 Glasgow, Scotland – O2 ABC #
9/8 London, England – Brixton Academy #
9/9 Paris, France – La Cigale #
9/10 Berlin, Germany – Berlin Festival
9/11 Bergen, Norway – Tivoli
9/12 Gent, Belgium – Cafe Video
9/13 Tilburg, Netherlands – Incubate Festival
9/22 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium !
9/23 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater !
9/24 Portland, OR – Holocene
9/25 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre !
9/30 Toronto, Ontario – The Garrison
10/1 Montreal, Quebec – Place des Arts Maissoneuve !
10/2 New York, NY – United Palace Theatre !
10/4 Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theatre !
10/5 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club !
10/6 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle !
10/8 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre!
10/9 Austin, TX – Red 7
10/11 Phoenix, AZ – Trunkspace
10/12 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
10/14 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
10/15 San Francisco, CA – Milk Bar
11/1 London, England – XOYO ~ %
11/2 Kortrijk, Belgium – De Kreun ~ %
11/3 Groningen, Netherlands – Vera ~ %
11/4 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel ~ %
11/5 Malmo, Sweden – Debaser ~ %
11/6 Stockholm, Sweden – Fritz Corner at Debaser ~ %
11/7 Oslo, Norway – Cafe Mono ~ %
11/8 Copenhagen, Denmark – TBA ~ %
11/9 Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzberg ~ %
11/10 Prague, Czech Republic – Club Matrix ~ %
11/11 Munich, Germany – Rote Sonne ~ %
11/12 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace ~ %
11/13 Vavey, Switzerland – Rocking Chair ~ %
11/14 Schorndorf, Germany – Club Manufaktur ~ %
11/15 Milan, Italy – Tunnel ~ %
11/17 Lyon, France – Grrnd Zero ~ %
11/18 Paris, France – Fondation Center ~ %
11/19 Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Exit07 ~ %
11/20 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso ~ %

# with Fever Ray
! with the xx and Warpaint
~ with Xiu Xiu
% with Former Ghosts