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Without A Tribe

by J Hacha De Zola

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1.
Everybodys born with a heart and soul Nobody really knows which way the wind will blow Gotta get revolution on my brain Cuz I'd rather take my chances on a runaway train Oh oh no I see them coming Oh oh no I see them coming for me All these years And the troubles i've known Its gonna lay my body down low Well I'd rather take my chances on a runaway train Oh they coming for me yea Sleepy like a river Where we rise and roll Horror on their faces as they fall below Never tell em anything that you know Don't you ever come near em with a ten foot pole Oh oh no I see them coming Oh oh no I see them coming for me All these years And the troubles I've known Its gonna lay my body down low Well I'd rather take my chances on a runaway train Oh they coming for me Oh coming for me Oh coming for me
2.
Do You? 02:53
The evening stars are shining But your smile seems so severe Tell me now - tell me now Darlin' What is it that you fear? I'll sing your restless longing Your blue heart did reveal Tell me now - tell me now Darlin What is it that you feel? I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Baby Do you want me? Her legs So long and lovely Held me all night through Tell me now - tell me now Darlin Do I matter to you? I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Baby Do you want me? I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Tell me that you want me Or let my heart and my soul be free Since i know that i want to love you baby Say that you want me I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Baby Do you want me? I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Do you? Ohhh Want me babe? Oh do you want me? Oh babe
3.
I'm High 03:48
Ahhh Ya ain't fooling me You haven't changed your tune Oh you sting me To a deeper shade of blue Babe A fair warning I am on the edge I've lost my head You've been misled That's what i said I'm stumbling Into the moon Ain't nothing new You know that's true You know it's true From a terrible height Dancing on fire A brilliant light I was feeling alright Smile on her face So hard to place Of divine grace And you got me Stranded in place Oh ya ain't fooling me You haven't changed your tune Oh you sting me To a deeper shade of blue babe A fair warning I am on the edge I've lost my head We've been misled That's what i said I'm stumbling Into the moon Ain't nothing new You know that's true You know it's true From a terrible height Dancing on fire A brilliant light I was feeling alright Smile on her face so hard to place Of divine grace And then you got me Stranded in space Oh no Turn away Oh no I'm needing you so I'm get high off of your love (high off of your love) Oh ya ain't fooling me You haven't changed your tune yeah Oh You send me I'm high off of your love (high off of your love) I'm high off of your love *I'm high* You sting me You sting me You sting me I'm high off of your love (You sting me ) high off your of love (You sting me ) High off your of love *I'm high*
4.
Stay Away 03:23
Stay away Far away I need to get away Don't come any nearer Gotta get away I couldn't stand the sight of the sun Lord I saw The truth staring me in the face So cruel To lie and cheat on your brethren Till they Defile all in their wake Stay away I need to get away A maddening took over the world The sky was cloudy and gray But the real thing From our eyes gone blind and blew that sunlight away We must leave all this behind And this situation Stay away I need to get away River river Make me shiver That girl ain't ever coming back to me I've lost my will for living You know i'm gonna jump right in Oh We're out of our mind How could we ever Be so blind? Stay away I need to get away Stay away I need to get away I need To get away I do I need To get away I do I need to get away I do
5.
Drunk Again 04:00
The drinking life Is the Life for me Spending my nights In a Drunken spree I drink to forget Is what i think While All my hopes and dreams Go down the sink You all know where I can be found I'm hitting the bars Im buying the rounds It's me once more I'm falling down I'm drunk again And I'm trouble bound Got a wicked hangover Pain in my head I'm sick to my stomach I wish I was dead Some hair of the dog And I'm Back on my feet I'll be drinking again Without missing a beat Yea You all know where I can be found I'm hitting the bars I'm buying the rounds It's me once more I'm falling down I'm drunk again And I'm trouble bound The room is spinning around I'm Unable to sleep Cold sweats All the way Through My Box Spring Ohh Doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo Buh buh buh
6.
Shoot your shot Walk alone Don't let go Of those Hostile bones A ruinous green Im eating stones A thousand miles No Fertile road I'd rather be I'd rather be I'd rather be Alone This perilous dream I'm in the fold Water my fears So cruel and slow No telling lies No way back home I'm on my way So far to go yea I'd rather be I'd rather be I'd rather be Alone
7.
Oh I'm going down This road alone Forever more Why Oh Why Must I always walk alone? From across the room I can read between the lines But I'll lose my head If I keep on living a lie Am I running out of time? Am I living in rewind? Gotta find a way Some sunny day And leave this all behind At night I hear the whispers From the hall I tell myself That It's all nothing Nothing at all When I reach to you I can feel my life unwind Gonna lose my head If I keep living this lie Am I running out of time? Am I living in rewind? Gotta find a way Some sunny day And leave this all behind From across the room I can read between the lines But i'll lose my head If i keep on living this lie Am I running out of time? Am I living in rewind? Gotta find a way Some sunny day And leave this all behind
8.
In the valley wild Where the bad winds blow When i'm all alone I'll make my bones Put Blood on gold I'm out on the road I'm not the one with a flawless soul My sweet surprise with familiar eyes My sweet surprise with familiar eyes You gotta let me go Under sleepless skies I'll follow my pain Go walk in the rain With my head so high Keep playing the game I'm out of range Don't you know it's a crying shame? My sweet surprise with familiar eyes My sweet surprise with familiar eyes You gotta let me go
9.
Carry On 02:55
She's Gone gone gone Heard the people say She's long gone gone In my heart I know they're lying So i know She won't be long She's Gone gone gone Oh It's just her way of getting on Deep inside of her there's this yearning So let Let her carry on Ah I walk around and scheme Sit around and dream Knowing Tomorrow will be the same Oh won't you let me be? Send my love to me? And maybe I'll find a way To Carry on Carry on Carry on If only I can stop And Carry on I'm sure Inside my heart Keeps on burning So I can't move on Ah I walk around and scheme Sit around and dream Knowing tomorrow will be the same Oh won't you let me be? Send my love to me? And maybe I'll find a way
10.
All you Faithful children Now Forsaken In a sea of vermillion Drag me under Oh why? Oh why? Can't they let me be? Oh can't you see? My world I found it Wan and flattened Spilled drinks Sent us tumbling Down a dark street Oh why? Oh why? Can't you let me be? Oh can't you see? (OOOOOOOO-AHHHHHH) (LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAA - AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH) *WHEEEEEEEE* *WHEEEEEEEE* *WHEEEEEEEE* ***Oh won't you help me to believe?*** Visit caves Of higher beasts On your way out How they Pray and preach! Drive their thirst down Oh why? Oh why? Can't they let me be? Oh can't you see? (OOOOOOOO-AHHHHHH) (LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAA - AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH) *WHEEEEEEEE* *WHEEEEEEEE* *WHEEEEEEEE* **Oh won't you help me to believe?**

about

“Let’s just say I live in a very different Jersey than Springsteen’s Jersey.”

J Hacha De Zola speaks with authority about the reality that he knows better than anyone who may mythologize his home state through the songs of The Boss.

“With this album, I want to anchor myself as being from ‘Dirty Jerzee,’ he jokes. “It’s a badge of honor, really, because this place isn’t for the faint of heart.”

Hacha De Zola was born in Secaucus, the subject of “A Day in Secaucus, New Jersey,” the opening track of Without A Tribe, his sixth album, scheduled for release on June 9, 2023 via the artist’s own Caballo Negro label. Former New Jersey-ian John Agnello, known for his long career working with Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt, and more recently Waxahatchee and Horsegirl mixed Without A Tribe.

Hacha De Zola was described early on in his career as “a wild man” (Paste), “unsettling” (NJ.com), and “distant and strange” (MAGNET), with creative genre labels applied such as “Urban Junkyard,” “Baroque Pop,” “Avant-Indie,” “Downtown Goth,” and “Boozegaze.” Comparisons to singers and front men ranging from Jim Morrison to Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and Captain Beefheart followed.

On Without A Tribe, Hacha De Zola strips that hyperbole back a touch and expands on the vocal delivery that he made a centerpiece of East of Eden, his 2021 full-length.

“We’re doubling-down on what began with the last album by borrowing heavily from my love of R&B, Soul, and Doo-wop vocal harmonies and arrangements,” he explains.

To help accomplish this goal, Hacha De Zola reached out to Fernando Velez, an original member of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

“Fernando’s deep knowledge of Soul music was the key in getting the sound we wanted on this record,” Hacha De Zola says. “We are very inspired by the New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey vocal group styles from the 60s and we hope that we have re-imagined these sounds in a way that feels fresh.”

With the sonic styling of the record more focused than ever, Hacha De Zola’s darkness becomes less “wild,” “unsettling,” or “strange.” Now it lurks, with a kind of menace and torment that emerges from his vulnerability and pain.

“It’s a place of subtle dread, kinda like some oddball Stephen King story,” Hacha De Zola says, returning to the album’s jump-off about his home, “A Day in Secaucus, New Jersey.”

As a PhD candidate who works in a lab by day, Hacha De Zola can’t help but apply science to this assessment.

“A cloud of hydrogen sulfide — very toxic — settles across Secaucus. The source is metabolic waste product from the bacteria put out by the slaughterhouses in the area. If your car breaks down on those roads, the gas can easily overcome you. That’s my Jersey.

“The song came to me very early on in my writing, but I was only able to make it work for this album. It’s a piece of ear candy. Raucous and noisy.”

Other singles expected from Without A Tribe include the intriguingly titled “I’m High” and “Do You?”

“Lyrically and thematically, I am revealing much more of myself than ever before by facing some of the ‘meat hook realities’ of life, such as becoming older, watching loved ones pass, and struggling with addiction and recovery,” Hacha De Zola says.

“Despite one thinking of ‘getting high’ as a euphoric experience, as any true addict will tell you, it soon stops being fun and becomes a sickening, nauseating need. ‘I’m High’ isn’t necessarily about intoxicating substances, but instead about experiences, people, places, or things that start out positive but unravel into something different altogether.”

Asked to describe “Do You?,” Hacha De Zola is blunt.

“If you’re looking for a heart-warming love song, then you’ve come to the wrong place. This one is a straightforward Motown-ish tune with all of the amorous feelings of wanting to be loved and desired, but also being thoroughly clueless and disconnected from the actual dance.”

The album’s closer “Drag Me Under” is something cinematic, with minimal lyrical content, but heavy on the production. Big horns, baritone saxes, trumpets, Balkan folk instruments, and banjos conspire to embrace a certain level of absurdity.

It leaves little doubt that Hacha De Zola’s New Jersey is indeed different from Springsteen’s, but is still something Bruce would love.

Without A Tribe, the sixth album by J Hacha De Zola, arrives on June 9, 2023 via Caballo Negro (distributed by Slow Start Records

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released June 9, 2023

All songs/music by J Hacha De Zola, Except for “Drunk Again” - Song/Music by Gary Van Miert & J Hacha De Zola
PRO - ASCAP: J Hacha De Zola, A head, Wisdom And A Bed Publishing.

Performers: Emily Anastasio (vox), Fernando Velez (percussion), Jerry Ramos (drums, bass, guitar, keys, synths, banjo), Lubomir
Smilenov (gadulka. kaval, kanun), Mike Krenner (guitars), Stefan Zeniuk (saxes, woodwinds), Indofunk Satish (trumpets), and J
Hacha De Zola (vox, guitar)

Production - Produced and engineered by Jerry Ramos at Mercury Recording Studio, Rahway NJ, Mixed by John Agnello with
Jeremy Delaney (assist. engineer) at Kaleidoscope Studios, Union City, NJ. , Mastered by Brad Sarno at Blue Jade Audio, St. Louis,
Missouri.

Horn arrangements by Stefan Zeniuk and Indofunk Satish.

2023 Slow Start Records

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J Hacha De Zola New York, New York

“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.”

UTNE

“A wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Captain Beefheart.”

— Paste

“A fantastic power that is as carnival-like and playful as it is possessed and cacophonic.”

— Atwood Magazine
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