Amber Washington September 26th, 2017 - 1:28 PM
Nicole Hummel, better known by her stage name Zola Jesus just released her most recent album on September 8th. Zola Jesus was living in Seattle before making a change instrumental to her album and moving back to her hometown of Merill, Wisconsin. There she began to haphazardly write her album, largely inspired by dark events in her life. Zola Jesus has been on tour for her album Okovi, but it hasn’t been what the artist had hoped it would be thus far. Jesus has been battling a “serious sinus infection” which has affected her last few performances. At her show in Santa Fe she was forced to cancel her regular performance and instead staged a DJ set due to her respiratory infection.
🙁 why is this fleshy vessel is doing me so wrong ? @MeowWolf1 pic.twitter.com/m6DgYjbhmH
— ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 23, 2017
thanks santa fe for being so flexible while i battle a lost voice. was fun to DJ , even got to test out some new remixes on you 🙂 pic.twitter.com/CWVw4JZX8S — ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 24, 2017
Later on in the tour Zola Jesus’s vocal’s had improved ever so slightly, listening to Maria Callas as she tweeted before her show in Dallas.
listening to recordings of maria callas in dallas to prepare for show tonight at @KesslerTheater.
— ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 25, 2017
even though i’m only operating with a fraction of my voice. 🙁
— ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 25, 2017
Gradually, as the tour progressed so did her voice and Zola Jesus continued to update fans on the status of her vocals as her infection began to lessen.
there is no drug that can match the euphoria of slowly getting my voice back — ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 26, 2017
thanks to everyone who has been so understanding… it is easy to feel like a failure to not be able to give you everything i had planned
— ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) September 26, 2017
In LA for her most recent show last week, she noted that she was sick and it wasn’t until after the third song that she addressed the crowd: “I’m currently battling a serious sinus infection.” She also ended the set by saying “I’m sorry, but that’s all I can give tonight.”
Photo Credit: Pamela Lin
