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Zorked

by Julia Shapiro

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + LIMITED TO 40 COPIES WORLDWIDE

    + HAND-SIGNED & INSCRIBED EDITION JACKET BY JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + PRESSED ON COKE BOTTLE CLEAR VINYL

    + LP INCLUDES DOUBLE-SIDED INSERT & DOWNLOAD CARD

    + INCLUDES FOLDED 11x17 POSTER

    + IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF FULL ALBUM

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    edition of 40 
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    **PRE-ORDER WILL SHIP ON OR AROUND JULY 28, 2023**

    + NO REGERTS LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ON MILKY CLEAR w/ OXBLOOD SPLATTER

    + LIMITED EDITION 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESSING

    + EXPANDED ARTWORK IN A GATEFOLD JACKET

    + INCLUDES OBI STRIP, FOLDED DOUBLE-SIDED POSTER, DL COUPON

    AND

    + SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM FROM JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    + ZORKED LIMITED TO 1,750 COPIES.

    + LP INCLUDES A DOUBLE-SIDED INSERT & DL CARD

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Shirt

    Zorked album cover printed on black Gildan softstyle shirts
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + INCLUDES FOLDED 11 x 17 POSTER

    + SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM FROM JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    The coke bottle clear variant is limited to 1,750 copies worldwide. The LP includes a double-sided insert and a download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Purchasable with gift card

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    + SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM FROM JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    CD housed in a gatefold CD jacket.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $14 USD or more 

     

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    + SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM FROM JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    The cassette is limited to 250 copies and comes with a download coupon.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 250 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Zorked Corduroy Hat
    T-Shirt/Apparel

    White corduroy dad hat with "Zorked"design embroidered in black

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  • Limited Edition Watermelon Color Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM FROM JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    + FIRST 200 FANS TO PRE-ORDER THE VINYL WILL RECEIVE AN 11x17 FOLDED POSTER & THREE JULIA SHAPIRO BRANDED ERNIE BALL GUITAR PICKS.

    Exclusive Suicide Squeeze Records variant limited to 250 copies worldwide on watermelon color vinyl. The LP includes a double-sided insert and a download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Chastity Belt's Fake / Fear 7" + Julia Shapiro's Zorked Bundle
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    +CHASTITY BELT'S 'FAKE / FEAR' 7" ON TRANSLUCENT GREEN W/ RED SPLATTER VINYL
    +JULIA SHAPIRO'S 'ZORKED' LP ON LIMITED EDITION WATERMELON COLOR VINYL
    +11x17 ZORKED FOLDED POSTER

    Limited to 25 bundles. Both the 7" and the LP come with download cards.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Signed LP + Poster & Digital (only 40 available!)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    + LIMITED TO 40 COPIES WORLDWIDE

    + HAND SIGNED LP JACKET BY JULIA SHAPIRO (CHASTITY BELT)

    + PRESSED ON COKE BOTTLE CLEAR VINYL

    + LP INCLUDES DOUBLE-SIDED INSERT AND A DOWNLOAD CARD

    + INCLUDES FOLDED 11 x 17 POSTER

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF FULL ALBUM

    + CO-PRODUCED BY JULIA SHAPIRO & JAY SOM

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • LP TEST PRESSING - SUPER RARE
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Test pressing version of Julia Shapiro's Zorked LP. Extremely rare collectible - only 10 in the world!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Zorked via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.
Death (XIII) 04:01
this is the end of an illusion put it to rest end the confusion tell me the truth help me to see it so I can change finally breathe in holding onto something concrete but there’s freedom in falling painted a picture that you liked it wasn’t real, it wasn’t right such a relief totally drain me is this the end of hoping what was once true can now be rejected everything real was just a reflection holding onto something concrete when there’s freedom in falling painted a picture that you liked it wasn’t real, it wasn’t right
2.
Come With Me 03:01
close my eyes now I’m not having any fun my voice is melting and I’m staring at the sun take me to awful places now feel free to help me come back down come with me sink with me holding onto something that I should forget has it happened blurry memories of yet looking forward to my past sinking into what I lack come with me melt with me
3.
Wrong Time 02:39
I won’t swallow my own pride I’m just looking for a cure not overly sincere but a pushover for sure yeah I am the worst news at the wrong time and you are the last hope that will slowly die a horrible gift that you’ll never give away the burden of kindness compelling it to stay yeah this was the wrong choice at the worst time and everyone’s feeding off the biggest lie will it be the last time i find myself stuck inside this hole I’ve dug
4.
Someone 03:12
you hide your intentions behind meaningless thoughts let life just happen to you while you sit and watch now I’m just the means to your shitty end someone to fuck someone to call a friend so much I couldn’t say out loud you’re never going to figure me out feel like a good guy cause you can admit you’re wrong I’m here to listen, I’ve got nothing going on yeah I’m just the means to your shitty end someone to fuck someone to call a friend I know I’m not the one you want a blank sheet for you to project on tired feelings have run dry that’s one less futile try for a selfish guy one less futile try
5.
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Pure Bliss 04:26
take my head, I want it make me see double does it make you feel like yourself? well you look like someone else I wanna be a part of it but I never could commit there’s nothing ahead and nothing in my head dull my mind, I want it make me feel honest in a bubble of happiness a blind moment of pure bliss I wanna be a part of it but I never could commit there’s nothing ahead and nothing in my head
7.
Hellscape 02:36
wake each day stare at my phone the burden of being alive make some plans and watch them fall through losing all sense of time fuck fuck it all even if I feel okay I still complain I forget what happened today and every day take a walk, call a friend the burden of staying awake here I am trying to have a good time in this hellscape fuck fuck it all
8.
looking at the world through shit-colored glasses feel bad everyday but do nothing about it some guy with a stupid face told me to smile more such good advice I never thought of doing that before unload your conscience on a passerby cause none of your friends will listen to you whine moping around watching reality tv basking in nothingness makes me feel free unload your conscience on a passerby cause none of your friends will listen to you whine unload your conscience on a passerby cause none of your friends will listen to you whine it’s not going away because you want it to stay it’s not going away
9.
Zorked 03:53
let’s be honest can we clear the air I’m the problem I don’t really care it’s all my fault I feel so lost in a nightmare forgetting all my lines truth is mindless but I don’t wanna die hatred builds up I’ve had enough I don’t wanna speak anymore everything’s irrelevant silently developing the need for nothingness I don’t wanna speak anymore I don’t wanna talk anymore
10.
I see what I wanna see never what’s in front of me the hope of having some is the only thing worse than having none feed the illusion but try to seem sincere live for the attention while you’re in a hall of mirrors I’d like to be just about anyone ‘cept for the vacuum I’ve become my rhythm’s off, I’m spinning I fade away as I’m beginning feed the illusion but try to seem sincere put on a performance inside a hall of mirrors

about

Zorked (adj.) - what happens when you end up thunderbaked, as in extremely stoned–or in any situation where you feel not sober. You can feel so tired you’re zorked. In fact, any state, so long as you’re a little out of it, qualifies. And Julia Shapiro, of Chastity Belt, Childbirth, and Who Is She?—much like everyone on this earth with a pulse—was zorked on more than one occasion in 2020. In March, she packed up her things and traded Seattle’s late-winter gloom for the perennial sunshine and seemingly endless opportunity of Los Angeles only to be forced into near-total isolation. With nowhere to go and nothing to do, she began working on her second solo album, Zorked. On the resulting batch of songs, we’re given Julia’s vision of Los Angeles: a wasteland melting in slow-motion, a place to commune with ghosts and warped legacies.

Living within earshot of a man who spent his entire 2020 singing karaoke for over 10 hours a day, Julia could write, record, and play an album’s worth of instruments without fear of noise complaints. Her roommate Melina Duterte (Jay Som) transformed their house into a viable home studio, making it easy to fully realize the sound in her head, even at the height of a global lockdown. Taking things a step further, Melina agreed to co-produce the record, pushing Julia to make these new songs sound less like Perfect Version, her first solo album, or like the songs she performs in Chastity Belt. At the peak of her uncertainty and discomfort, she jumped into the deep end in search of something new—and found power in heavy sounds.

This is evident in the first few seconds of album opener “Death (XIII).” Taking newfound inspiration from the namesake Tarot card, drone metal, and shoegaze, Julia layers walls of guitars, bass chords, and programmed drums. “Come With Me,” the album’s lead single, takes inspiration from a mushroom trip gone bad. “Take me to awful places now,” she sings, envisioning heat death as her own eyes stare directly into the sun. On “Wrong Time,” shimmering guitars smolder and levitate, yet she finds herself “stuck inside this hole I’ve dug.” That said, these songs aren’t unbearably sad, nor has Julia become any less of a merciless observer of human behavior. By album closer “Hall of Mirrors,” she’s come full circle. Over fingerpicked guitar, the sense of lost identity becomes all-encompassing. It’s the sound of a life lived in servitude to digital screens and the psychic damage invisibly done along the way.

Though Julia Shapiro found herself in a near hermit-like existence, writing and recording almost all of the album’s instruments herself and struggling to navigate her place in a city and world rendered nearly comatose, she maintains a sense of humor about all of it. At the very least, “It’s funny to force people to have to say Zorked out loud. Any other title sounded pretentious.”

credits

released October 15, 2021

Written and performed by Julia Shapiro
Produced and engineered by Julia Shapiro and Melina Duterte
Mixed by Melina Duterte
Mastered by Sarah Register

Trumpet on "Reptile! Reptile!" by Melina Duterte
Violin on "Zorked" and "Hall of Mirrors" by Annie Truscott

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