Zooey Celeste - Restless Thoughts (2023)

The full-length debut from Zooey Celeste, Restless Thoughts is the real-life manifestation of its creator’s alter ego—an astral shaman responsible for leading the newly departed into the great beyond. After dreaming up the character of Zooey in a feverishly written novel he refers to as “somewhere between Quentin Tarantino and the Bhagavad Gita,” the Southern California-bred musician began working with artist/producer Nick Hakim to conjure a darkly ethereal sound he classifies as astral-pop. Produced by Hakim, the result is both an ideal soundtrack for nocturnal driving and an immediate conduit for lasting transcendence.