Last year, Zola Jesus released two absolutely bewitching EPs, Stridulum and Valusia, both of which moved away from the scraping noise of her origins to a dark, swirling synthpop that made amazing use of Nika Roza Danilova's operatic howl. Those EPs pointed toward great things, and now Zola has finally given us Conatus, the album that delivers on their promise. ...