Zenari Pulled Psychedelic Soul from the Shadows in Their Groove-Licked Ennui Remedy, ‘Silhouette’

Zenari didn’t hold back when penning Silhouette. The Boulder-based indie rock outfit turned soul-bearing into an art form, not with abstract indulgences or pretence, but with hooks that hold you in a trance and lyricism that opens floodgates you didn’t know were primed to break.

For the serotonin-deprived, the jangly guitar licks are a divine technicolour intervention; beneath the blissfully temperate tonality, there’s a deeper vein of emotive magnetism thanks to the conduit of soul vocalist, Alex Wirth. Yet nothing about the consolingly affecting sensibility of the release feels forced. The compassion that exudes from the lyrics and vocals resounds as though it was hard fought for.

Silhouette is a testament to how eternal happiness is as unnatural to the human mind as telekinesis, but by striving to bring more colour into your world, you bring brighter hues into your mind’s horizon. It’s a stunning release which aches with sincerity, blossoms through instrumental proficiency and pulls you into its emotionally charged core through the juxtaposition of bittersweet regretful lyricism and the chameleonic instrumentals which ignite around funk motifs.

Zenari’s frontman allows his roots in the healing arts to bleed through with redemptive urgency. Alongside Jeff Munn on drums, Ethan Chisholm on bass, Ben Scott on keys and Zoe Gomez-Quiatt lending harmonies, Zenari reach for the soul with a quiet strength and chip away at the hardest edges of the day.

Silhouette is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast.