Music

The Good

Debut Album Out Now

Zoë Knight & Mythical Beasts is a varying collective of Monster Players

curated & led by singer & composer, Zoë Knight.

After two years and about a hundred gigs, the band's typical 2.5 hr live show

was distilled into an 86-minute double album,

recorded live-in-studio in four sessions over five days.

True to form, each session had a different lineup, and there were no rehearsals.

Vocal harmonies, and Nancy Loedy, were added later.

The Good

Zoë Knight & Mythical Beasts

Total Run Time: 86 mins

Produced by Zoë Knight

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by

Will Holland at

Chillhouse Studios,

Charlestown MA

Dragon Graphic by Rick Freed

Cover Design by Zoë Knight

1. The Good

2. My Heart Beats For You

3. I Can't Help It

4. Long Winter

5. Love Come Love Me

6. Elemental

7. Equality For All

8. Better

9. Make Your Move

10. Sweetness, Honey

11. Come Here My Darling Lover

12. That's Okay

Zoë Knight – Vocals, Words & Music

Featuring Monster Players:

Jeff Buckridge – Guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10)

Josie Lowder – Guitar (2, 8, 9)

Gregg Perry – Guitar (2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12)

Craig Holland – Bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12)

Rich Lynch – Bass (2, 8, 9)

Dylan Sullivan – Bass (6, 10)

Justin Lopes – Keys (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)

JL Claybourne – Drums (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Zeke Martin – Drums (1, 3, 4, 7)

Nancy Loedy – Flute, Alto & Tenor Sax (1, 6, 9, 12)

Nate Fuller – Tenor Sax (5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Eric Schindler – Tenor Sax (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)

Jason Torrey – Bari Sax (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12)

The Choir:

Jeff Buckridge, JL Claybourne, Craig Holland, Josie Lowder, Peggy Lowder, Rich Lynch, Gregg Perry, Eric Schindler, Jason Torrey

Reviews

"Time to put Zoë Knight & Mythical Beasts on your radar. They've crafted this ambitious, new double-album that is a knockout. Zoe has a uniquely electrifying voice that moves easily from soul-jazz to funk-rock to mystical, Kate Bush-like textures and even some reggae in 'Equality for All,' which could be a companion piece to Peter Tosh's 'Equal Rights.' The Mythical Beasts have an illuminating, humbly tight-knit sound, while Zoë (who wrote all the music) throws in virtuosic touches up front, whether on the simmering funk of 'Love Come Love Me' and sultry 'Make Your Move,' or the organ-drenched ballad 'Elemental,' where she confidently sings, 'I am a force of nature.' She's not kidding, because that is an understatement after hearing this new music." -- Steve Morse, Boston Globe