“Okovi showcases the searing, fully-formed music of Nika Danilova, an album of close personal experiences rendered into urgent goth-pop songs as emotional as they are necessary.”
“Zola Jesus explores the mechanics of trauma on Okovi”
“There’s a wet, miserable English summer unfolding over my way so I’ve exclusively been listening to upbeat summer tunes back to back (like, you know, Dizzie Rascal’s ‘Holiday’ and The Underdog Project’s ‘Summer Jam’). That is, until I had to listen to Zola Jesus’ sixth album in anticipation of this review. The haunting requiem ‘Okovi’ is an eleven-track album that documents Nicole Hummel’s experie”
“Zola Jesus' latest effort may be grand in presentation, but it's a little light on substance and quality songwriting.”
