In New Music Video for “El Paso,” Ziemba Tells the Tale of Two Cities

Originally appeared on. Grimy Goods.  Like most of Ziemba’s body of work, her new video for “El Paso” is dense and significant. The track comes from her 2016 record, Hope Is Never, which she spoke with me extensively about last year. She explained how the city impacted her life as a borderlander, or more specifically as a “child of NAFTA,” which instigated her family’s move … Continue reading In New Music Video for “El Paso,” Ziemba Tells the Tale of Two Cities

On Her Debut LP Ziemba Proves Hope is Both Never and Always

sngalbums: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. “El Paso buried under red hot lava, blazing brimstone, hollow every syllable,” the song [”El Paso”] goes, spun around a rhyme and syllable structure similar to the complex equations Joanna Newsom wrote out for the scheme of “Leaving the City.” Guitar riffs swirl like a Western ballad as blazing brimstone encircles us, but the final line of “El Paso” … Continue reading On Her Debut LP Ziemba Proves Hope is Both Never and Always

On Her Debut LP Ziemba Proves Hope is Both Never and Always

Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  “El Paso buried under red hot lava, blazing brimstone, hollow every syllable,” the song [”El Paso”] goes, spun around a rhyme and syllable structure similar to the complex equations Joanna Newsom wrote out for the scheme of “Leaving the City.” Guitar riffs swirl like a Western ballad as blazing brimstone encircles us, but the final line of “El Paso” leaves … Continue reading On Her Debut LP Ziemba Proves Hope is Both Never and Always