Zabus release second album in three months

Washington D.C.’s Zabus have just released their second album in just three months, following January 2024’s debut, Topography of Iconoclasm. The new album, The Future of Death, sees the addition of drums and electronic percussion, and a focus on more conventional song structures and melodies, influenced by early ‘80s UK post-punk and proto-goth. However, sonic experimentalism remains at the core of the band.

Formed in 2023, as part of the Washington D.C. artist collective and recording label Saccharine Underground, Zabus is the brainchild of writer and multi-instrumentalist, Jeremy Moore. Joined in Zabus by collaborators from Moore’s previous projects, Zero Swann and Gorazde, Zabus maintains those earlier projects’ foundations in dark existentialism, whilst opening up broader avenues for musical experimentation and expressions of hope.

The new album, The Future of Death is the second long-player from Zabus in just three months, following January 2024’s debut offering, Topography of Iconoclasm.

Based between Washington D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland, Jeremy Moore is the founder and curator of D.C. label and nonprofit artist collective, Saccharine Underground: home to several projects helmed by Moore. These include deathrock band Thee Rise Ov Sadistic Youth; free improv / psychedelic outfit Zero Swann; and the experimental dark ambient group Gorazde