Namedropping Opal and Mazzy Star probably won’t get me very far with the younger generation but you can’t listen to Zera Marvel’s songs and not reference those bands. Another generation might point to Velvet Underground or before that Billie Holiday but for me it was and is all about Mazzy Star (and before that Opal).

What aural images do these band names conjure up? Mostly an ethereal, hazzy sound of distorted synths and feedback drenched wall of guitar accompanied by mysterious and slurred female vocals. It’s a pretty specific feeling and one that Zera Marvel nails on her debut solo record Birds And Bullets Flew.

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Honeymoon
Sirens