The band has achieved success in Mexico and most Spanish-speaking countries with albums such as Rocanlover, Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea and Reptilectric.

Faced with a lack of venues in which to showcase their music, Zoé relied upon self-organized concerts, the Internet and a self-published demo.

All of these efforts, plus a good deal of positive word of mouth, helped them gain popularity in Spanish-language radio stations in the United States.

In November 2003, Zoé released a second album, produced by Phil Vinall, who had previously worked with bands like Placebo and Elastica.

In 2017, looking back at this period, Larreguí characterized this as a time of experimentation and trying different things; for example the band had not decided if they wanted to record more songs in English.

The band kept working and touring during the whole year without a label behind them and started to gain a big following with the self-promoted singles "Love" and "Veneno".

[citation needed] Some new songs were recorded in English, and some producers, like Alan McGee, expressed interest in taking them to the UK and Europe.

In February, there were shows and more preproduction in Mexico City, and March was used for basic tracking at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas.

The first single from the album, "Vía Láctea", had some rotation in local music channels like MTV Latin America and Telehit.

The album achieved gold record status after more than 40,000 units sold in the four weeks after its release and it received very good reviews from the specialized press.

Later, at the Palacio de los Deportes, they performed with Nick McCarthy, the guitarist (and sometimes vocalist) from the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand.

As a personal thank you for the overwhelming success of this album, the band released a special single called "Energía" ("Energy") in February 2012.