Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski were part of Canadian rock band Lotus Child from 2003 to 2008, before starting their own project. The Zolas are a based in Vancouver. In 2020, the band consists of Gray (vocals, guitar), Cody Hiles (drums) and Dwight Abell (bass).

Two years after the band’s fun cover of the Travelling Wilburys’ Handle With Care (with Yukon Blonde), The Zolas have a new single out. As the title suggests, Energy Czar is an energetic, driving song, made for road trip playlists. The band call it ‘a four-minute moment where you’re allowed to feel all the fun narcissism and self-loathing that comes with being a human being in the 21st century’.

Energy Czar is the first single to be shared from their forthcoming new album Come Back To Life. “We thought it was hilarious to make a Britpop record at a time when nobody but us is listening to that”, says Gray.

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Werner Schlosser

Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.