Biography

Zëta Ræ is an audio and visual project centered around the performance, writing, and production of Hannah Schmeling. After a fated encounter in a Boston coffee shop, she teamed up with Nashville powerhouses Jacob Saint Patrick as well as Vaudlow’s Matt Bolton and Josh Parra. The unique blend of live talent, studio prowess, and intelligent writing creates a sound that oozes personality and spans a number of genres including soul, atmospheric rock, and hyper/anti-pop. With a refreshing, energetic aura, the sonic journey of her discography takes off with 2000’s pop-grunge elements, softly landing in a post-modern alt/rock fantasy. Zëta Ræ’s sound denies the listener a sense of gravity. Raucous, contemplative, occasionally indulgent and completely vulnerable - a beautiful, adrenaline-laced colossal affair for rooftop sessions and endless nights. In her lyricism, Zëta Ræ takes notes of both the cathartic & catastrophic moments, the beauty of rage & the torment of infatuation, as well as the constant battle to appreciate the “here and now.”