“Sympathy Is Never Free” — Pennsylvania Post-Punk Artist ZEU Unveils "Existor"

“Sympathy Is Never Free” — Pennsylvania Post-Punk Artist ZEU Unveils "Existor"

ZEU’s Existor is an album that begins with the sort of grand private wager rock records used to make before everybody became a brand manager with a ring light: one person, one room, a stack of machines, and enough nerve to build a small city out of doubt. ZEU, pronounced “zoo,” is Matthew Zedolik of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and he handles the writing, playing, recording, and production himself. That arrangement can produce either magnificent …