“If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way” by zzzahara

zzzahara shares the new video for “If I Had To Go I Would Leave the Door Closed Half Way,” The song is off their forthcoming album, Spiral Your Way Out, available January 10th, 2025, via Lex Records. “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.”

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. For the LP, 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.

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