Deep black, with ghostly glimmers of an old car melting into the tarmac: the cover of Never Ending Rodeo sets the tone. This isn’t just a late-night drive, but a controlled skid across the borders of Post-Rock, Noise and Psych. The engine roars, the ground shakes, the white lines blur.

Six years after the release of Ain’t That Mayhem, the Lyon-based band returns with a dense, smoke-veiled record. Never Ending Rodeo: a deceptively playful, almost cartoonish title for such an intense album. As if, after circling endlessly around dust, bucking, and stampedes, Zëro had carved out its own orbit. Unstable, inevitably. But magnetic.

Éric Aldéa (guitar, vocals), Franck Laurino (drums), Ivan Chiossone (Persephone, synths), and now Varou Jan (guitar, bass) — (Le Peuple de l’Herbe, Condense) — have lost none of their bite. Better still: this new album marks a turning point in production quality, thanks in particular to the mixing work of Niko Matagrin. The sound is broader, more inhabited. Every snare crack, every synth layer sits precisely in a meticulously sculpted space.

1. Niagara Falls
2. One Track Mind
3. Boogaloo Swamp
4. Troubles #2
5. Hellvin
6. Back On The Hillside
7. Telepathic Overdrive
8. Threads
9. Custer