Glossolalia

VINYL FORMAT. Zambri mixes experimental beats and dueling female vocals with captivating melodies to create unromantic love songs. Filled with gothic and avant-garde pop vocals, the songs might sound familiar, like a lost Siouxsie and the Banshees or Kate Bush classic, but they manage to bring it to an altogether new place. As if remixed by Gang Gang Dance, Zambri lands perfectly amid contemporaries Zola Jesus, Grimes, Lykke Li, and The Knife.

As sisters, Cristi Jo and Jessica have been creating music together since they were children. Glossolalia is the first release they consider all their own, doing things how they want. Most of the sounds on the EP are homemade, many of which are built from vocals, which is perhaps what inspired the title. Glossolalia refers to speaking in tongues; it is a mystical language. They met a like-minded friend in preeminent indie producer Chris Coady, who handpicked Zambri as one of his favorite upcoming New York bands. While Coady scores production credits on "To Keep Back" and "News", Noel Heroux (Hooray For Earth) lends a hand with mixing "On Call" and "On Call (biddibiddi)."