BONZIE - Reincarnation

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: PAWR009
Barcode: 195497355242
Release Date: 24 Sep 2021
Genre: Alternative

Since first arriving on the musical landscape, BONZIE has found endless new forms of expressing her vast imagination. A Chicago-based songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, she’s explored everything from post-rock to folk to fantastically surrealist pop, executing each with extraordinary grace. Over the years, she’s also drawn acclaim for her captivating live show (“Delicacy and drama, surrender and anger, made a riveting combination when BONZIE performed,” wrote The New York Times chief popular music critic Jon Pareles following an especially magnetic SXSW set). On her third album Reincarnation, BONZIE again pushes the limits of her musicality, ultimately creating a listening experience not unlike lucid dreaming: immersive and infinitely spellbinding yet touched with a transformative clarity.

The follow-up to her 2017 sophomore effort Zone on Nine, Reincarnation was co-produced by BONZIE alongside Darhyl “DJ” Camper, a musician known for his production work with R&B and hip-hop artists like Jay-Z, Big Sean, John Legend and Teyana Taylor. In a departure from her past output, the album combines elements of electro-pop, artrock and even gospel music, unfolding in potent rhythms and shapeshifting textures. Also featuring production work from Yeti Beats (Doja Cat), Reincarnation unveils a kinetic new sound already hailed as “The Weeknd meets Evanescence.” A fearlessly singular body of work, Reincarnation serves as an exquisite showcase for BONZIE’s newly emboldened songwriting. To that end, the title to Reincarnation refers to the radical sense of possibility she’s espoused in reflecting on the current state of the world. “I feel that there’s room in the world for rebirth; that it’s possible for certain things to go away after this moment in time, and for something different and new to come back in its place,” says Nina Ferraro, who’s created under the moniker of BONZIE since age 17. “It could be like the shedding of skin off a snake.”

Tracklisting
1. alone
2. Caves
3. What Are You Digging For
4. Lethal
5. Slated
6. Our Shadow
7. I Don't Want To Be Cut Open
8. Eternity
9. Up To U
10. "I Will"
11. Reincarnation
12. Heavy Rain
13. Come To Me