Ears Wide Open: Zero DeZire

Daiana Feuer on July 1st, 2015

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These faces may look familiar. The one on the left looks a lot like Barbara Gruska from the Belle Brigade. Next to her, is that Inara George from the Bird And The Bee? And on the far right, holding the weird dog, that chick bares a striking resemblance to Alex Lilly from Touché and Obi Best. Your eyes are playing tricks. From left to right, that’s Zima the keyboard player, drummer Zally, and bass player Zabrina of Zero DeZire, a band of miscreants from San Luis Obispo. They play minimal pop songs about fat ballerinas, fornicating, being naughty, drinking lots of alcohol, birthday parties and other savory subjects. In one song, they offer a friend’s (real) phone number, because he’s a good listener, and in another, they wish a sick friend gets well soon. So it’s not all about being bad, though there is a song specifically about being such devils that their wholesome other bandmate Zendy quits. What we have is a band of friends that decided not to take things too seriously, write songs about silly things on instruments that were not their specialties, and while they intended to make something ridiculous, they actually created something that’s kind of awesome. Live, the harmonies blossom like an itchy venereal disease and Zima performs solos that consist of her running around the keyboard repeatedly.

For the record, here is the true story of Zero DeZire:
“Zima and Zally met at Zally’s father zen retreat in San Luis Obispo when Zima was trying to cure herself of her memory disorder. The two started a band and Zabrina, rebelling from her former debutante lifestyle and hiding from her rich San Francisco family, joined later. (She fled to the zen retreat) Hence the name Zero DeZire. Zima is controlled by her long hair cat, Anastasia, who offers song suggestions and legal advice. Zabrina is in love with Zima which is why she is cruel to her sometimes. Zally is also in love with Zima. Zima has no idea. Zally won’t talk since she dropped her stick at Lollapalooza in 2003.”

||| Stream: “PSA,” “My Friend’s Phone Number” and “It’s My Birthday (And I wanna get …)”