ZUZAX

by Damaged Bug

ZUZAX cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2026-03-20
  • Label: Castle Face Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:08
  • Community rating: 2.9/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Quattrone, Brigid Dawson, Brad Caulkins, Tomas Dolas

Album Notes & Community Reviews

John Dwyer's synthesizer-focused project, Damaged Bug, returns with 'ZUZAX', another foray into cosmic and psychedelic electronic rock. The album is driven by vintage synthesizers, motorik krautrock rhythms, and Dwyer's distinctive, often distorted vocals. The sound is a lo-fi, sci-fi trip, blending the relentless pulse of Neu! with the raw, experimental energy of synth-punk. It's a weird, wonderful, and rhythmically infectious journey into the further reaches of Dwyer's sonic universe.

Genres

Descriptors: synth, rhythmic, lo-fi, motorik, space

Tracklist

  1. END OF THE WAR (3:53)
  2. DOUBLE YOLKS (3:11)
  3. MOZZY ROOVES & MORE (3:20)
  4. HOAK (3:07)
  5. SIKE WITCH (2:49)
  6. JUNK FOOD (3:18)
  7. RARE LIGHTS (3:21)
  8. OVER-EXPOSED (4:44)
  9. FRIEND HAND (3:45)
  10. MAN WITHOUT A PLANET (4:32)
  11. TENTED LIGHTS (3:03)

Credits

  • Damaged Bug - primary artist
  • Brigid Dawson - backing vocals
  • Luca Schenardi - cover
  • Paul Quattrone - drums
  • Tomas Dolas - keyboards, synth
  • Ethan Miller - layout
  • JJ Golden - mastered by
  • Brad Caulkins - saxophone
  • John Dwyer - synth, keyboards, drums, tape [loops and effects], vibraphone, saxophone, percussion, flute, bass, guitar, vocals, recorded by, mixed by

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