While Versions may be too tasteful-seeming for die-hard fans of early Zola Jesus, the album's undeniable beauty reveals another accomplished facet to Danilova's music.

Versions by Zola Jesus, released 19 August 2013 1. Avalanche (Slow) 2. Fall Back 3. Hikikomori 4. Run Me Out 5. Seekir 6. Sea Talk 7. Night 8. In Your Nature 9. Collapse 10. Avalanche (Bonus) On the heels of her Conatus world tour, Nika Roza Danilova was offered an opportunity to perform at one of the most prestigious modern art museums in the world, NY's Guggenheim. Rather than doing her standard Zola Jesus electronic set she decided she wanted to work with a classical composer who could arrange her songs for a quartet

Versions (Zola Jesus album). Versions is the fourth studio album by musician Zola Jesus. It was released in August 2013 under Sacred Bones Records. All music composed by Zola Jesus, Mivos Quartet and J. G. Thirlwell.

Album · 2013 · 10 Songs. 2013 Zola Jesus under exclusive license to Sacred Bones Records. See All. Conatus (Bonus Track Version).

1. Avalanche (Slow) Lyrics.

Zola Jesus ‎– Versions. Label: Sacred Bones Records ‎– SBR102CD. Sacred Bones & Pitchfork TV Present Zola Jesus With JG Thirlwell & Mivos Quartet - Filmed At The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, May 10, 2012.

This Zola Jesus is more dejected than combative, more gently heartbroken. She stretches out inside her sadness instead of trying to beat it away. But it’s Fall Back, the only instance of new material on Versions, that proves that the album is more than just a studio capture of a live performance, a relic for record collectors. The song elaborates on that new vulnerability hinted at in the opening track. Danilova doesn’t begin with her signature belt, but clambers up to it. I would do anything to be the one with you, she sings at the climax, unhinged

With Versions, Jesus achieves something her previous albums hadn’t: She’s created art so unobjectionable that it attains a kind of beige obscenity. Unironically naming an EP Yes I Smoke Crack probably didn’t help. Salem is actually a pretty good point of reference for Zola Jesus