London-based art pop project Zoee (led by Harriet Zoe Pittard) has always made space for the strange, the personal, and the poetic in her music. Her debut Flaw Flower was a deep dive into vulnerability and self-discovery, a quiet reckoning with fear and expression. Now, with her upcoming second album Grandiose Love on the horizon, Zoee is ready to flip the script. This new chapter is all about expansion as she embraces boldness, playfulness, and sensuality with open arms. “It’s got to be the opposite of minimising myself,” she stated about the project.
First taste of that world? “The Wave,” the album’s lead single, out now. The song swells with feeling with its crashing percussion, dreamy vocals, and a sound that teeters between softness and intensity. The video is equally evocative, a surreal visual echo of the album’s lush, overflowing world. There’s even a personal touch woven in: a sample from Dancer From The Dance, a novel about the 1970s gay scene in New York that Zoee’s late father gave her.
Grandiose Love is Zoee at her most instinctive and expressive. Born from collaborative jam sessions with her band and shaped in the wake of personal upheaval, the album is a kind of sonic treasure map, layered with mantras, surreal imagery, and bursts of joy and longing. “It was about growing into my confidence and not holding back,” Zoee says.
Arnaud, a passionate music enthusiast from France, now based in Madrid, founded HighClouds in 2015. With an ear for the dreamy, the ethereal, and the unconventional, he thrives on discovering and sharing boundary-pushing sounds. If it’s weird, bold, and forward-thinking, you can bet he’s here for it.