zzzahara shares new single 'If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way'
zzzahara | Photo credit: Pooneh Ghana
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter zzzahara shares the new single/video, 'If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way,' from their forthcoming album, Spiral Your Way Out, out January 10th, 2025, via Lex Records. Following lead single 'Ghosts,' 'If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way' is filled with sun-drenched guitars and aching vocals, refining zzzahara’s already familiar sound. “I was spitting. The guitar chords and the bass playing really meshed together," says zzzahara. “I already had the lyrical content just built up inside of me. I was in love with the melody and we cleared it out real quick. I let it spit fire.”
Watch the Video for 'If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way' below.
Spiral Your Way Out finds zzzahara in the aftermath of a relationship spent trying to fit someone else’s mold, being jerked around by indecision, and then hitting “emotional rock bottom.” Made in a three-month burst that let all their pent-up frustrations loose, Spiral Your Way Out is in part a work of self-reclamation. It marks another sonic evolution as much as an emotional one. zzzahara’s songs have always come wrapped in a warm glow that reflects how they were written – namely at home in their bedroom. That glow remains on Spiral Your Way Out, but it also packs an ambitious streak and a gutsy punch. Taking a more collaborative approach than usual, zzzahara worked with a range of producers including Jorge Elbrecht (Japanese Breakfast, No Joy, Sky Ferreira), Sarah Tudzin (boygenius, Cloud Nothings, The Armed), former Ducktails guitarist Alex Craig (Jelani Aryeh, re6ce) and Halsey tour drummer Franco Reid, who helped harness their intimate style of writing and blow it up into something more panoptic.
