{"id":11424,"date":"2019-06-04T19:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T00:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:18:44","slug":"album-preview-paige-drobot-zero-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2019\/06\/04\/album-preview-paige-drobot-zero-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Preview :: Paige Drobot :: Zero Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/paige-drobot-promo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/paige-drobot-promo-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/paige-drobot-promo-2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/paige-drobot-promo-2-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Photo by Adam Cherpako<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words by Mark Teague<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Paige Drobot is no stranger to the Manitoba Music scene, <em>Zero Thought <\/em>presents us with the first intimate look at the artist via her first solo EP. Scheduled for release on June 7<sup>th<\/sup> through local label Transistor 66, <em>Zero Thought <\/em>provides a thoroughly existentialist journey that becomes increasingly hard to pin to any specific style or genre as each track utilizes a specific voice and diverse melange of instrumentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>\t\u201cWonder\u201d, the opening track, begins with light guitar and vocals reminiscent of Grace Slick\u2019s drawl, reminding the listener from the outset that \u201cIt takes a lifetime to know your worth\u201d &#8211; lyrics that effectively set the stage for the tone that is reflected upon across the rest of the record. We are then confronted with a multi-instrumental jam, forming the cohesive sound of a band feeding off the raw musical energy that only comes with familiarity. This moment takes on an entirely different aura when we find out that Drobot is nearly the sole-instrumentalist on this album, making this jam entirely her own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tThe album then transitions into \u201cShe\u2019s Going Down\u201d, the longest and most narrative of songs on the album, beginning with the ominous minor-key vocals and building slowly over the song to the apex of huge, all-consuming bass beats that seem too big to have been created by anything less than a gong, or the stomp of an oncoming army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cGet Over It\u201d continues to showcase Drobot\u2019s musical breadth by making use of elements of funk to lo-fi and then moving into the aptly named \u201cAn Ending\u201d. This final track is short, clocking in at only 86 seconds, and begins with revolution 9- style dream-noise and fading into soft, but stern, vocals providing the perfect sense of finality while leaving the listener craving more.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Mark Teague Although Paige Drobot is no stranger to the Manitoba Music scene, Zero Thought presents us with the first intimate look at the artist via her first solo EP. Scheduled for release on June 7th through local label Transistor 66, Zero Thought provides a thoroughly existentialist journey that becomes increasingly hard to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11426,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11424\/revisions\/11426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}