zenas is back with yet another great collection of songs. “villain arc” is 10 track album from multi-instrumentalist and soulful voice, zenas. Someone we’ve taken a great deal of liking to throughout the years of hearing angelic vocal runs and groovy R&B influenced singles. His newest tape is no exception as we find zenas at his best when it comes to songwriting and harmony. “the fall” starts us off perfect as zenas takes it slow with angelic harmonies floating around in the background. Once you start to get deeper and deeper into the track list, you can find more and more connections to the trilogy by The Weeknd. Even though the sounds are similar, zenas does a great job of molding his own sound and only taking that influence so far. Never once does he come off as a clone but, more of a student finishing up his final classes, ready to take over the world and show us all who he really is. Some of our favorite tracks would have to be “vacancy” with it’s clear cut mix and vibe-y guitar textures or “to the grave” with it’s experimental sound and structure. All though zenas sticks to his melodic songs, there is a great deal of influence and variety inside of this album. From dancing 4 on the floor rhythms to the laid back and smoke guitar singles. There something here for almost everyone and yet again zenas has made an industry standard album with little to no budget.