Zola Blood

Four-piece from London — Matt West, Ed Smith, Paul Brown and Sam Cunnington — who came together in Hackney Wick in 2013. Patient, synth-heavy electronic pop leaning on modular gear and a techno sense of pace, more hypnotic drift than verse-chorus. Infinite Games was made almost entirely DIY over about a year in their own windowless Hackney Wick studio. "Get Light" closes the record and grew out of a forgotten demo of piano chords the band rediscovered and built the song on; they've said the lyric was shaped by The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Later releases include the album Black Blossom (2022) and the EP Nothing Is Wasted (2025).

From the notes for Episode 02 · fact-checked Sep 23, 2026.