US synth duo Zombi celebrate 20th anniversary with new studio album Direct Inject

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Pittsburgh synth prog duo Zombi have announced that they will release brand new studio album Direct Inject through Relapse Records on March 24. You can listen to brand new track The Post-Atomic Horror below.

The album marks the 20th anniversary of Cosmos, the debut release from Steve Moore (synth/bass/guitar) and AE Paterra (drums/percussion/electronics), and is the duo's first release since 2021's Liquid Crystal EP.

“Most of the tracks that ended up on the album were pretty close to their final form, spontaneous jams that just flowed out of us," expalins Paterra. "I'm always amazed at what happens after I send off my finished parts to Steve - tracks suddenly take on a ton of life and head in directions I didn't think they could go."

“I love what can happen when you roll tape and just go for it," adds Moore.

The new nine-track album wil delight fans, and has been described "as influenced by Alan Parsons Project, Steely Dan and Eddie Rabbit as they are King Crimson, Goblin, and John Carpenter. They're inspired equally by AM Gold, AOR rockers, and horror film scores."

You can view the new album artwork and trcklisting below.

Pre-order Direct Inject.

Zombi

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Zombi: DIrect Inject
1. Direct Inject
2. So Mote It Be
3. Bodies In The Flotsam
4. Kamichi & Sandy
5. Sessuale II
6. Improvise Adapt Overcome
7. The Post-Atomic Horro
8. Insurmopuntable Odds
9. Sessuale I

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.