Zach Zoya has lifted the curtain on his sophomore EP. The Montreal-based artist will share No Love Is Ever Wasted on June 10 via 7ième Ciel/Universal Music Canada.
Following Zoya's debut solo EP Spectrum, which was among Exclaim!'s Best EPs of 2020, No Love Is Ever Wasted was born from Zoya's past year of further creative exploration and curiosity of personal and professional evolution.
As he tells it, "The idea behind No Love Is Ever Wasted came to me when I was going through a time of my life where some things felt like a waste of time. Learning to play a certain instrument and then giving up, starting a workout regimen and abandoning it, or even looking back on past relationships wondering if I had gained or learned anything from them.
"I was looking at the body of work I had, the songs I considered putting out next, and then this epiphany hit me: no love is ever wasted. By love I not only mean relationships, but also anything you've invested time and effort into hoping it would yield a certain result and then it not happening. Well, all of that is never for nothing. All that enthusiasm you've put out there is never lost, it's lessons. You grow from failed relationships, you learn from unmastered skills or failed attempts. You might not know how or when it'll come back to you, but that energy you put out there WILL come back."
Following the previously shared "Start Over," "Smoke & Dance" is the latest preview of Zoya's sophomore turn, and you can hear it below.
"'Smoke & Dance' feels like what I want this summer to feel like – the biggest of parties," Zoya shares. "This is my come back song. This is the energy we have been missing for two years and I'm really trying to come back on stage with a bang! I've had the chance to perform it already while on tour with Charlotte Cardin and it has been so great so far - the energy just speaks for itself. It makes people want to move, dance, and have a good time. We had a party in the studio making it and it's a party on stage when we perform it!"
Following Zoya's debut solo EP Spectrum, which was among Exclaim!'s Best EPs of 2020, No Love Is Ever Wasted was born from Zoya's past year of further creative exploration and curiosity of personal and professional evolution.
As he tells it, "The idea behind No Love Is Ever Wasted came to me when I was going through a time of my life where some things felt like a waste of time. Learning to play a certain instrument and then giving up, starting a workout regimen and abandoning it, or even looking back on past relationships wondering if I had gained or learned anything from them.
"I was looking at the body of work I had, the songs I considered putting out next, and then this epiphany hit me: no love is ever wasted. By love I not only mean relationships, but also anything you've invested time and effort into hoping it would yield a certain result and then it not happening. Well, all of that is never for nothing. All that enthusiasm you've put out there is never lost, it's lessons. You grow from failed relationships, you learn from unmastered skills or failed attempts. You might not know how or when it'll come back to you, but that energy you put out there WILL come back."
Following the previously shared "Start Over," "Smoke & Dance" is the latest preview of Zoya's sophomore turn, and you can hear it below.
"'Smoke & Dance' feels like what I want this summer to feel like – the biggest of parties," Zoya shares. "This is my come back song. This is the energy we have been missing for two years and I'm really trying to come back on stage with a bang! I've had the chance to perform it already while on tour with Charlotte Cardin and it has been so great so far - the energy just speaks for itself. It makes people want to move, dance, and have a good time. We had a party in the studio making it and it's a party on stage when we perform it!"