All Beginnings Are Hard

Bringing together an eclectic mix of neoclassical minimalism, Americana storytelling, and ambient experimentation, Zach Sprowls expertly toes the line between beauty and pain. His debut album, All Beginnings Are Hard – a phrase borrowed from Chaim Potok’s novel, In the Beginning – is a meditation on the journey of starting over. Zach’s piano playing is a voice that speaks with all the complexity and charisma of personal experience. Woven together with classical strings, analog synthesizers, a blues organ, and biting lyrics, it creates a cinematic tapestry that is as sullen as it is pretty.