Zimara is Eventstellar’s third extended play, originally released on December 17, 2018 and re-released on September 16, 2025 through Sólir Music. This extended play marks one of the most emotionally intricate and musically ambitious chapters in the Eventstellar canon, featuring four compositions dedicated to a trinity of women who inspired Jesse Rómlárson’s earliest poetic awakenings. At the heart of this release lies an intimate universe of longing, memory and reverence.
The extended play opens with the title track Zimara. A cosmic poem set to melody. Produced by Icelandic visionaries Rúnar Solhvitur and Ívar Hrímsson. The track introduces the concept of three intertwined muses. Referred to as star sisters dancing in a parallel sky. “One lights the path / One hides the sign / One breaks my fall from space and time”, sings Jesse Rómlárson. Mapping metaphysical emotion onto astronomical mystery. Zimara becomes not just a constellation, but a metaphor for eternal feminine presence: elusive, radiant, multidimensional. Recorded by Sōun Kanda and mastered by Magnus Thomasson, the song sets the tone for a release that moves between myth and memory, dream and devotion.
The Ballad of Vanessa Zima
A Sagittarius soul with fiery grace, Vanessa is portrayed as a guiding arrow cutting through the cosmos with fierce tenderness. “You’re the fire / Enlightening my life”, Jesse declares, echoing both astrological imagery and romantic awe. Her path is charted like a celestial map, one where uncharted lands and destined crossings blur into the night sky. Produced by Keir McRae and Finlay McLennan, with mixing by Tavish “Tidehand” Ferguson and mastering by Torin Lennox. The song features the vocal textures of Delilah Brooke King, whose tone floats between innocence and intensity. As with all tracks on the EP, it was captured between Skógafoss Studios in Reykjavik and The Warehouse Zone in Dublin, places that now feel as sacred as the women they sing to. The song is dedicated to Madeline Zima’s sister Vanessa.
The Ballad of Madeline Zima
This forms the emotional and lyrical centerpiece of the release. Written with cinematic and jazzy elegance. It reflects on Jesse’s first deep infatuation, an admiration rooted in the surreal passage of time. Once a child seen through the screen, now a woman of magnetic mystery. Madeline is presented as an eternal muse suspended between innocence and depth. “In the lives you act, quiet and wise / In a deeper world where innocence dies,” the song reflects, casting her as a mirror of the artist’s own coming of age.
Produced by Jasper D. Rowe, mixed by Silvan Arctander and mastered by Ellis Ray Loxley. The arrangement features a lush ensemble of live musicians: Marlon “Blue” Rosenthal on upright bass, Malik Legrand on trumpet, and Lennard “Lenny Keys” Farber on piano. Delilah Brooke King reappears on backing vocals, her voice layering warmth over a track already heavy with nostalgia, cinema, and unspeakable longing. This track also marks the first time Eventstellar steps into the realm of New York jazz. Drawing inspiration from smoky late-night bars, urban romance and the cosmopolitan feeling of Broadway storytelling. The very cityscape that elevated Madeline to fame becomes the setting of her tribute. Its lights, its stages, its silences and all echoing in sound.
The Ballad of Yvonne Zima
This song closes the EP with a glacial, majestic tone. Born under Capricorn’s reign, Yvonne is envisioned as the most enigmatic of the three muses. “You are my frostbite”, the narrator confesses. Both wounded and enchanted. Her presence is described in terms of authorship and storytelling: “Your stories open worlds I’ve never known”. The production by McRae and McLennan returns here. And once again, the mixing process by Ferguson and the master by Lennox give the track a quiet, wintery grandeur. Delilah Brooke King delivers the vocal lines with restraint and reverence, embodying Yvonne not as a lover, but as a sovereign of imagination. This song is dedicated to Madeline Zima’s younger sister Yvonne.
Zimara is not merely a collection of songs. It is a star map, a lyrical altar and a sonic diary of devotion. In capturing the essence of three women through music, Jesse Rómlárson turns his muses into myth—eternal, unreachable and unforgettable.
Release date:
December 17, 2018
Studio Session Musicians:
Delilah Brooke King – Vocals & Backing vocals
Marlon “Blue” Rosenthal – Upright bass
Malik Legrand – Trumpet
Lennard “Lenny Keys” Farber – Piano
Producers:
Rúnar Solhvitur
Ívar Hrímsson
Jasper D. Rowe
Zenrosko
Keir McRae
Finlay McLennan
Recording Engineer:
Sōun Kanda
Mixing Engineers:
Rúnar Solhvitur
Silvan Arctander
Tavish “Tidehand” Ferguson
Mastered:
Magnus Thomasson
Torin Lennox
Label:
Sólir Music
Recorded at:
The Warehouse Zone
Mixed and Mastered at:
Skógafoss Studios
Genres:
Cosmic Rock & New York Jazz
Format:
Download & Streaming