Kevin Bronson on March 22nd, 2019

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Xoller is the name for the solo adventures of Ella Zoller of Brooklyn-based dream-pop band PROM. From her station in L.A., she has released her debut single, “Warning Shot” — a song about addiction that is quite possibly highly addictive itself.

Co-written with (and produced by) Jack Ventimiglia. “Warning Shot” is self-care in the guise of a viscous pop song, with snapping percussion and a shimmer of synth pushing Xoller’s melts-in-your-mouth chorus forward. “The repetitive and insistent lyrical nature of ‘Warning Shot’ is like a mantra,” Xoller says. “Turn back now, you can’t say we didn’t warn you — this is your warning shot. Once your heart gets caught, there’s no getting it back.”

She elaborates: “‘Warning Shot’ is an ode to addiction. Many of us live in a series of addiction cycles, passing from one craving to the next. Every time we become fixated on something, whether it be the classics — booze, cigarettes, or love itself — we think we’re strong enough to ride the wave and come out alive on the other side. But there’s always a moment when a warning shot fires off; we do something crazy and someone who loves us says, ‘You better get that shit under control,’ and we just shrug it off. Then that same shit hits the fan and those friends who warned us scatter.”

It’s the first single from her debut EP, “Diamond in My Head,” coming later this spring.

||| Stream: “Warning Shot”