The quiet, introspective Eve shows off the Thalia Zedek Band’s impressive musical range. Zedek made her name playing her singular brand of ear-splitting, dissonant lead guitar with Come, Uzi and Live Skull, outfits known for their fierce approach to performing and recording. Her music with the Thalia Zedek Band may not be as loud, but it has the same level of emotional intensity that’s always been her trademark. Zedek will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on her.
Zedek: As a touring musician, I spend a lot of time looking out of various windows, and over the years have become fascinated by clouds. Like the black clouds in the distance with a grey fog of rain riding underneath meaning “rain ahead.” Or the beautiful but devastating thunderheads in the mountains of Vermont, fluffs of white piled 100 stories high, foreshadowing the hail and rain minutes later that were so bad we had to pull over. Then there are the two clouds that move toward each other until they collide and entangle like lovers. Clouds riding the currents and racing across the sun, causing intermittent bursts of light and shadow. Sailors must spend hours reading the clouds, and I wish that I could. Sometimes when I’m lying on my back I’ll see a cloud with a face, the expressions changing as it stirs. I’ve even had some cloud “crushes.” There is a whole Facebook group page devoted to clouds called “Clouds that don’t look like anything else.” Check it out!
