An eclectic singer/songwriter from New York City, Zoë Greenbaum's life journey is as off the beaten path as is the music she writes. A manga artist trained in Japan, Zoë quickly took her skill set and ferocious sense of humor, into filmmaking.
It was in December of 2022, while Zoë was preparing to make We Are Bleach, an award-winning short film about pansexual punk rockers in a toxic relationship set at The Dublin Castle, that she got turned to an old friend, the Grammy-nominated songwriter Ian Dench of EMF, hoping to find a way to earn a living writing song lyrics. No expectations. It was just for fun. But one song quickly spiraled into 15 fantastic songs - the skeleton for her first (and now forthcoming) album - Lost in London. As EMF got back together, Ian went off on tour, and Zoë turned to the most brilliant, young British producers to pick up where she and Ian had left off.
Please Don’t Go Out With Connie
Connie is a catchy, pop-punk romp, as verbose as it is dancy.
The last tracks for Zoë’s debut album are currently in the works with the extraordinary Jimi Gardner, a prodigious guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer whose 2021-22 residency at The Dublin Castle was brief and legendary. Zoë and Jimi met making We Are Bleach and they have remained collaborators ever since. Zoë's first releases of 2025, the otherworldly 'I’m With You,’ and the effervescently punky “Please Don’t Go Out With Connie are Greenbaum/Gardner collaborations.
Connie is inspired by the true story behind Jimi and Zoë’s meeting. We Are Bleach star Sonnei Garces is name-checked in the song. The titular Connie really does exist, but which Connie is she?
I’m With You
In I’m With You, her latest single, Zoë’s musical imagination blazes. And the collaboration with her producer, the mega-talented, young British guitarist-singer-songwriter, Jimi Gardner, is simply magical. is front and center. Zoë moves effortlessly from a bluesy swagger to an angelic shimmer. One moment the sound is coming from the depth of her chest, the next moment she is intimate, breathy, open and seductive.
I’m with You - a cosmic, trip hop infused psychedelic love song - is the first of four of Zoë’s songs to be produced with Jimi. Ethereal, jazzy choruses weave in and out of hard rock verses. In Gardner’s mind-melting sound space and the gypsy jazz of his guitar, Zoë’s voice floats freely, embracing and beckoning us into an otherworldly moment of magical love. A stunning collaboration between two phenomenally talented artists.
Pretty Thing
Zoë’s final single of 2024, Pretty Thing (out 20.12) was produced by the brilliant multi-instrumentalist Jack Lester-George (Mutual Blue, Robin Green). A haunting acoustic ballad in the 1960s folk tradition, inspired by Tim Hardin, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell, Pretty Thing is the saddest song Zoë's ever written . . . and ever hopes to write. A country infused, low-fi tale of heart-devistation and hope, Zoë’s vocals float between earthiness and breathlessness. This is a song that comes to you from a lost highway, replete with dreamy licks from Jack’s lap steel guitar and vocals that conjure the pain and beauty that is true nostalgia.
Music video directed by Kalia Lyman
Shot by Pauzklop
Costumes by Freda Tsai-Feng Chou
Edited by Jack River
Colour by Peter Pichnor
Starring Kieran Ludwig Gregori & Leah Morz
Greenhouse Edith & Her Smoking Crow
Greenhouse Edith & Her Smoking Crow,' a deliriously madcap, jazz/punk fusion track that tells the story of a girl who lives in a greenhouse with her chain-smoking crow. Edith is where post-punk meets whimsigoth, set in a world where crows get lung transplants.
Co-written with Ian Dench of EMF, Platonic Fun was produced by Francis Simmons-Barry of Francis Wolfe, who performs on guitar.
I Adore You
I Want My Time With You is the 1950s soft-bop jazz inspired 4th single by singer/songwriter Zoë Greenbaum. Drawing from muses like Blossom Dearie, Cole Porter, and Julie London, this is a love song to classic lounge jazz.
I Want My Time With You
I Want My Time With You is the romantic, retro-R&B-reminiscent 3rd single of singer/songwriter Zoë Greenbaum. A sultry mid-tempo ballad, I Want My Time is inspired by Sade and Al Green as much as Tracey Emin.
Co-written with Ian Dench of EMF, Platonic Fun was produced by Francis Simmons-Barry of Francis Wolfe, who performs on guitar.
Free
Free is the raw, disco-tinged second single of alt-rock singer/songwriter Zoë Greenbaum. Evocative of a James Bond movie and endlessly danceable, Free is delivered with a growling mezzo punch.
Co-written with Ian Dench of EMF, Free was produced by Francis Simmons-Barry of Francis Wolfe, who performs on guitar.
Platonic Fun
Platonic Fun is the punchy, pop-punk debut single of singer/songwriter Zoë Greenbaum. Co-written with Ian Dench of EMF, Platonic Fun was produced by Francis Simmons-Barry of Francis Wolfe, who performs on guitar.
An homage to friendship, imaginary crimes, and pop culture, Platonic Fun is an energetic punk anthem inspired by 80s Japanese pop rock.