Toronto bedroom pop sensation
Verzache delivers lyrics of melancholy and youthful heartbreak to an appealing soundtrack combining acoustic, folky vibes with lo-fi beats and electronic textures. He released his debut album, Thought Pool, in 2018, followed by the heartfelt
My Head Is a Mosh Pit in 2021.
Born Zach Farache in Singapore, where his father was working, he moved with his family back to the Toronto suburbs at the age of three and grew up there. A music fan from an early age, he took up the guitar at ten and began making his own music in his mid-teens. By the age of 18, he had developed his own style and was taking music more seriously. Enrolling at music college, he began releasing tracks online and released his debut EP, D97, in 2016; it had a lo-fi electronic sound occasionally incorporating acoustic guitar. As his studies progressed, his music became both more polished and more eclectic, as seen on his next release, 2018's Thought Pool. That year he made a trip to L.A. to secure a manager, then spent the next two years working on what would become his first "proper" album.
My Head Is a Moshpit, released on Caroline Records in March 2021, was cathartic, emotional, and his most accomplished work to date, with a fuller, more organic sound. ~ John D. Buchanan