ZAND is back! Following the incredible success of recent 2024 single ‘Cocktail Molotov’, their hit contribution to the official soundtrack of Netflix’s multi award-winning League of Legends: Arcane series (with over 24 million single streams and counting since the track’s release in November, and ZAND now on over 645,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone), ZAND returns with more new music. This time it is with the explosive new single ‘TOES’! and sees the roaring return of this underground triple threat—singer, songwriter and producer. LISTEN TO ‘TOES!’ – HERE ‘TOES!’ marks a bold reinvention evolving from the likes of ZAND’s previous works (2023’s ‘SEWERSTAR’ and 2020’s ‘Ugly Pop’) as they enter an artistic metamorphosis, shedding the “ugly pop” label once self-coined for their music and signalling the birth of an entirely new era—one which paves the way for their long (long, long, LONG) anticipated debut album. This new era, this musical and creative shift was announced recently through the Daily Drain newspaper, created by ZAND, which detailed the death of the Sewerstar and the launch of this new era. It also introduces us to ZAND’s green puppet Sue, who can be seen in press shots (as well as the video, coming soon), and saw ZAND take up amateur puppeteering. We hear their raw versatility pushed to new heights, seamlessly blending a chaotic concoction of genres—from nu-metal and pop, to rap and electronica—infused with pulsating bass, chuggy guitars, and garnished with a touch of cocky yet self-aware wit. With vibes similar to ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ era Trent Reznor, raps reminiscent to early Eminem, aspects of black metal and the most exciting aspects of modern pop music. Written, composed and produced by ZAND with additional production from longtime collaborator, friend and award-winning metal producer Dan Weller, ‘TOES!’ pokes fun at anyone and anything: “bozos”, pathetic men, “twits” and more, with even ZAND themself catching a stray.. “Sometimes, to make good art… one must embrace complex feelings, a method completely unheard of in songwriting,” says ZAND heavily. “So, I took it upon myself to channel said feelings into 3 minutes and 50 seconds of sonic posturing, thus TOES! was born – my ultimate hater anthem. No one is safe from her clutches, including me.” Live wise ZAND has recently toured North America with Zheani in September 2024, which followed an 18 date US headline tour in 2023. They have also performed at major UK and EU festivals, including Reading and Leeds, 2000trees, Slam Dunk, Milan’s SummerSad Festival, and Berlin’s CTM Festival. In August 2023, they collaborated with Jeremy Corbyn on a fundraising show in Sheffield to support grassroots venues. They have also toured alongside iconic and alternative acts such as Peaches (on the European leg of The Teaches of Peaches 20th anniversary tour), Scene Queen, Bob Vylan, and Vukovi. Last month they also played the Alyx Holcombe booked and run ‘Mantra’ live music night in London – look out for live shows in 2025 very soon. ZAND is a relentless force in the underground alternative scene—an uncompromising multi-disciplinary artist. Someone who enjoys sculpting a sound built on destroying genre boundaries and painting with a technicolor sonic palette. This Blackpool-born artist has carved out a loyal cult following since the inception of their project, with their work doubling down on the signature characteristics it has become notorious for: razor-sharp lyricism, tongue-in-cheek delivery, and an unfiltered, gloriously unapologetic and completely obnoxious energy that is impossible to ignore. There really is no one like ZAND, a total one off. An artist and human being that personifies taking risks and forging their own way in music, 100% independent, 100% all their own creation, imagination and vision, and someone who is only just getting started. | 
