Photo: Ebru Yildiz

Photo: Ebru Yildiz

ABOUT

Tenant From Zero is the musical persona of Paul Darrah, a Brooklynite who transforms his own personal affairs of the heart into the form of elegant pop songs. His debut album Flight was released in January 2021, marking the fulfillment of a long musical journey.

Although strikingly modern, the sound of Flight will doubtlessly resonate with longtime fans of sophisticated British pop. “I modeled my voice whether consciously or unconsciously on David Sylvian, and Tracey Thorn from Everything but the Girl,” Darrah told music blog Fadeawayradiate in 2017. “There is a particular melancholic quality in their voices that has always moved me. After decades of listening, their voices are in mine now.”

In 2018, Darrah began work on the sessions for Flight. The album’s official start was a five-day writing/recording session with producer Ole Johannes Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse, Gary Olson) at Tune-J Tonstudio in Hayland, Norway. The sessions yielded six tracks co-produced by Åleskjær and Darrah. Later, Darrah completed an additional trio of songs at Marlborough Farms in Brooklyn, a recording studio owned by Gary Olson of The Ladybug Transistor. Olson contributes a gorgeous trumpet solo to the album track “After.” The entire album was mixed by Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel Pink, Tamaryn, Violens).

Flight, and a previous mini-album, The Nape of Your Neck, are available digitally on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp. 

MEDIA BREAKS

Spectrum Culture on YouTube (#6 on list of “Best Albums & Singles of 2021)
Rock and Roll Globe (Essay on Tenant From Zero’s influences)
The Big Takeover (Flight review)
Musoscribe (Flight review)
The Second Disc (Flight review)
Philadelphia Gay News (Flight review)
Pop Culture Classics (Flight review)
JP’s Music Blog (Flight review)
FadeAwayRadiate blog (“Video Spotlight”)
The 13th Floor / New Zealand (Interview)
Amplify Music Magazine (Flight album announcement)
Northern Transmissions (“Video of the Day”)
The Portable Infinite (Flight album announcement)
Blackbook (video premiere)
The Tinnitist (“Indie Roundup”)
PopCultureClassics (EP review)
Blackbook (Interview) 
Stereogum 
SuperWorldIndieTunes  
FadeAwayRadiate.com

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