Yeti Man Born by Zac Z

Yeti Man Born by Zac Z

Yeti Man Born (2021) showcases ZacZ moving forward a significant 

distance beyond his earlier works (such as Liquid Pepper and 

Imperfections), and even beyond last year’s Tripsville Tennessee. Yeti 

Man Born accomplishes a reverse arc from incantatory raps playing 

against a landscape of hip hop beats and innovative sonic textures, to 

Happy, a love song set to the rhythmical scrape of a solo violin.

The title track sets the scene: “It’s a crazy pavement kind of day/ 

Sunset dreams in the dead of night”. ZacZ notes we are sitting “With 

our heads in neon braces” and that “To be truly free you gotta let 

go”. But his mood is almost optimistic: “There’s life at the end of 

the tunnel: if you don’t like the road you’re walking, walk another 

way”. The answers will not be easy: “Pure mathematics is the way, the 

poetry of logical ideas” but ultimately, we are dwarfed by the 

universe. As he sings in Happy: “I wanna sing for the stars.”

This is a driving, original album with extreme lyrics and fiendish 

guitar. Anyone who has followed Zac Z’s previous sorties in the 

musical world will be expecting something completely original, and 

this doesn’t disappoint. More upbeat and enlightened than his last 

albums, Yeti Man Born is a culmination of creative progress breaking 

into the light of wider public appeal.