Zombie Americana Release Self-Titled Debut Album Zombie Americana By Albert Schwartz Zombie Americans have just released their self-titled debut album Zombie Americana. Their debut album has been written in the form of a rock opera about a country on the precipice of a “social collapse”. The album was a collaborative effort by the duo of Bryce Fox and Ross Ryan. Ross Ryan produced, recorded and engineered the 10song epic.
which didn’t take much effort as it was all laid out in the lyrics for us.” Topics on the new album range from people being consumed with their cell phones, to being completely absolved from thought and relying on the current celebrity spokesman and the almighty media headlines to give them guidance. The album is about a society in disarray and the total collapse of a modern day America where its citizens are totally turning into media zombies. However, the duo of singer/songwriter Bryce Fox [Nashville, TN] and songwriter/producer Ross Ryan (AKA Stayloose) [Denver, CO] are in hopes that their messages resonates with their fans and gives them hope of a better future. Hopefully they will find salvation and solace in this media controlled generation.
The two of them started the project as an EP back in the summer of 2018. Gradually the project grew into a full-blown album. It was just us two in a room, alone, just thinking with our hearts and our feelings rather than with our heads on what’s going to fit or what’s going to make sense for both our projects”. What resulted was a cornucopia of influences, from 90s boom-bap hip-hop to punk-rock riffs and piano ballad moments. Almost as if the two were channeling a future yet to come, they let the album of material ZOMBIE AMERICANA marinate on their hard drives for over a year TRACKLISTING before seeking a means of release. “Upon listening to the work again almost a year later, it just made so much sense to us, so we 01. Not Human coined a name and came up with an aesthetic, 02. Zombies 78 Rock and Blues International • December 2020
03. Bad Trip 04. Save Me 05. Crybabies 06. Propagate 07. Too Close 08. Bullets 09. Garden 10. Better Off Dead
