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Zabo
Zabo formed in Los Angeles in 1999 with Matt Morris on vocals and piano, Billy Shears on guitar, Paul Cuthbert on bass, and Scott Harding on drums. Their...
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Zabo formed in Los Angeles in 1999 with Matt Morris on vocals and piano, Billy Shears on guitar, Paul Cuthbert on bass, and Scott Harding on drums. Their debut album 'Breathe' came out in 2002, featuring a title track that got them some early attention. They followed it with 'Dust and Shadow' in 2004, 'The Quiet Earth' in 2007, and 'Empty Spaces' in 2010.
Their music tended toward ambient textures and introspective lyrics, which sometimes kept them from broader commercial reach. In 2006, they got into a legal dispute after their music was used in a commercial without permission, which strained their label relationship. Morris also had some personal struggles with addiction during those years.
They kept making records through the 2000s despite those setbacks, working with the same four members. Their sound stayed consistent, quiet, atmospheric songs about isolation and loss, built around Morris's vocals and Shears's guitar work. They never broke through to a huge audience, but they built a modest catalog that some listeners still return to.
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