After touring relentlessly, often playing three hour-long sets a night to promote a debut album that garnered them a Drummer of the Year award and Rock Album of the Year nomination at the 2012 Hamilton Music Awards, THE ZILIS returned to Studio 410 just outside of Hamilton, Ontario to start the process of recording their sophomore release, "Sketches II". THE ZILIS self-produced both albums and chose to record live-off-the-floor, feeling that their live energy was an integral part of their sound.

The group has generated a great deal of buzz thus far in 2014. “Sketches II” was released in February to a sell-out crowd and soon after, the band embarked on a tour of Southern Ontario in support of their finest collection of songs yet. They also filmed a brand new music video with Southern Souls and were able to open up for The Sheepdogs at Mohawk College. They will be making several festival appearances throughout the summer and a North American tour is also in the works. Expect to hear more about THE ZILIS as the year progresses for the talent in this three-piece band is hard to deny. For more information visit www.thezilis.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.