Like It Never Happened, the new album from Elizabeth & the Catapult, now available, as of today, January 21 on Scratchback Records with marketing and distribution provided by Thirty Tigers/RED.
Like It Never Happened is the result of
Elizabeth & The Catapult's namesake
Elizabeth Ziman's creative labors over the past year and a half. After a split with Verve Records, Ziman took to busking in the subways of her beloved New York to teach herself to play guitar. Long a piano-centric performer and songwriter, the guitar revitalized Ziman and led to an outpouring of new songs. Ziman originally intended to record the new material with musical idol Richard Swift, but her focus shifted as former bandmate Dan Molad (Lucius, Here We Go Magic) stepped in. Like It Never Happened was co-produced by Molad and Peter Lalish (Lucius). Ziman's record with Swift is slated for release later in 2014.
As
Elizabeth & the Catapult, Ziman has released two full-length albums and a self-produced, -recorded and -released EP. 2009's Taller Childrenwas produced by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) and featured collaborations with Tilly and the Wall. Tracks from the album soundtracked commercials for Google, Amazon and Sky TV. The band's second full-length was The Other Side of Zero, produced by
Tony Berg (Aimee Mann) and featuring Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. The Other Side of Zero, which drew interest from
Anne Hathaway who used the album's track "Thank You For Nothing" as inspiration for her hair cutting scene in Les Miserables. Hathaway later cast
Elizabeth as a street musician in an upcoming film about New York Musicians. The New York Times has said "There are many glimpses of [Leonard] Cohen in the group's baleful guitar sweeps and the singer
Elizabeth Ziman's mewled devastation; at her best, she also sounds as delicately resolute as the bird on the wire" while Rolling Stone said her music is full of "fresh confidence against punchy drums and jazzy guitar riffs" and "jazzy chamber-pop sound."
Since The Other Side of Zero,
Elizabeth & the Catapult has reformed as Ziman's singular endeavor while working with a band for performances. The last few years have found her touring with
Sara Bareilles, Greg Laswell, Lenka and
Kishi Bashi as well as singing backgrounds for
The Shins and
The Waterboys and playing drums in Kishi Bashi's band.
ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULT TOUR DATES:
January 21 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
January 22 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
January 24 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
January 25 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java
