It’s been a couple of year since I wrote about the Swedish-Belgian duo Zucchini Drive. And to judge from the new album “No Food but Lots of Weapons” quite a few things have happened with their music. Compared to the urban, dark, hip hop-loaded “Shotgun Rules”, there is a very different atmospehere on the new album.

It feels lighter and more laidback and they have taken over the microphone themselves with relaxed, almost talk-singing vocals, sometimes complemented with other voices. They have created their very own style, experimenting with different influences and ambiences, but still I feel a thread through the songs in a melodic indie electronica in a slow pace as a common ground. A varied and enjoyable album.

Zucchini Drive on Facebook – on Spotify

Jaguar Sky
Gospel Oak (ft. Elissa P)

Zucchini Drive released their third album this autumn. The album is called “Shotgun Rules” and oozes of heavy electronica, hip hop and rock, not to mention som really nice pop hooks. I enter a dark and dense soundscape and even if I feel the same vibes there is quite some variation from track to track.

The vocals are excellent and are performed by a range of invited guest artists such as Marina Gasolina, Christy Brewster, M Sayyid, Seraphim et. al.

The albumet is released on the digital music company Marathon of Dope, run by Zucchini Drive together with other artists like Pip Skid and Birdapres from Canada. The idea is to release all music for free. Albums, remixes, videos, instrumental versions and so on will be available for everyone, and with this they hope to spread their music as much as possible and then get support from those who like it.

This means of course that you can download the album “Shotgun Rules” for free and discover a lot more on Marathon of Dope’s site. Read more about Zucchini Drive or visit them on their Myspace page or their Facebook page.

Shotgun Rules (with Marina Gasolina)
Call the Gods back In (with Elissa P)