Via

Via is Thalia Zedek's fifth solo album, released five years after Liars and Prayers. Background Released by Thrill Jockey on March 18, 2013—half a decade after Zedek's previous solo album, 2008's Liars and Prayers— Via was recorded in June 2012 and September 2012 at New Alliance Studio, in Cambridge, MA and at Translator Audio, in Brooklyn, NY, respectively. Zedek's second solo album to be credited to the Thalia Zedek Band, Via was produced and engineered by longtime Zedek collaborator Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Unsane, Daughters). She and Schneider both shared mixing duties, which was then mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in Brooklyn, NY. The material in Via was written during two distinct sessions over a period of four years. The touring that followed the release of Liars and Prayers provided the occasion for the first session, during which their then drummer Daniel Coughlin contributed to the process. Once the touring for Liars and Prayers ended, however, "Zedek's drummer Daniel Coughlin announced a move to Buenos Aires." Therefore, the band was forced to find a new percussionist, eventually, enlisting Dave Bryson (Son Volt). The remainder of the album was written after Bryson's arrival. The album is dedicated to the memory of Mishael Zedek, Thalia Zedek's late father. Mishael Zedek, "[l]ongtime Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland", who died on December 14, 2010, at age 84.