Nik Kaloper - Drums
Sam Lockwood - Guitar
Hayley Mary - Vocals
Heather Shannon - Piano
Management/Booking enquiries: Dave Batty
dave@custommade.com.au
Influences
ABBA, The Arcade Fire, The National, Dylan Thomas, The South Wales Miners Federation, M Ward, Kate Bush, Cyndi Lauper, Nick Cave, Cowboy Junkies, Transvision Vamp, Shakespeare's Sister, Tori Amos, Chopin, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schrodinger's Cat, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and so on.
Sounds Like
You can now add The Man is Dead EP + new song 'Hurt Me' to your website, blog, profile page or whatever you like! Check out the embedded music player below and click 'Share' for the html code. Enjoy!
The Annandale spread in the Drum Media suggested that our show there (on the 26th of Nov) is sold out.. we can assure you it ISN'T! Still plenty of tickets, mmk? xo
Hey there
For some deep communication, email us at info@thejezabels.com
What are The Jezabels? We are a thing that came out of a few chance meetings at Sydney University. You see, Heather and Hayley had been playing music together for a while. Inevitably came the journey south from Byron - being their place of youth - to Sydney for a foray into higher education. Nik and Sam were studying at Sydney University also. And you know, for some reason you just meet people... We don't have a manifesto as such, but we do have definite intentions in what we do. We wish to play pop, but with a recognizable element of social awareness. We wish to be emotional, but with a sense of certainty that our audiences won't walk away thinking that we take ourselves too seriously. What is paramount is an attempt to push this thing called the culture industry in some direction which makes it more human. (I guess this is all too ambitious but oh well... We do try) Heather studies piano at the conservatorium and reads a bit too much Russian literature. Hayley looks toward her personal canon of pop ballads for guidance in all situations and believes we must return to the way life was prior to the poker machine epidemic. Nik is a science student whom imbues his drumming with formulas and mathematical complexities. Sam is a country music-playing, Marx-spouting communist with a love of all things meaningfully subversive.
I guess our music derives from these things. Please come see us live however - if you are interested that is - for it is the only way to explain
So, I have been putting up listening to She's So Hard till I could actually get my hands on a physical, right-in-front-of-me copy. Now, I was expecting something brilliant, but for me, She's So Hard has surpassed that. Mind blowing music & marvellous lyrics (and I don't often use 'marvellous' in a sentence). I will be up front and right there at your Brisbane show :D
Love, Veronica and Jezabel (dog inspired by a certain band who may not be able to make it to Brisbane gig due to her canine genetics).
We're getting ready for our end of year christmas BBQ, few of the bands that rehearse here play and the rest of the bands drink and eat. Good fun! Part from that just gearing up for next year with a few productions on the Horizon. You guys should come down and check us out
hey guys, i love your music! any chance of a non 18+ show happening in melbourne anytime soon, i've been dying to see you guys since i missed the bluejuice tour last month. take care
I listened to the new ep the other day...Sounds great, I like the direction you are heading. I nominated it for Edge Radio Recommended, I do a bit of volunteer work there. We hope to see you again soon!
Hey Sam! Yeah been in the States for about a month now. Back in about a week or so. We'll have to catch up and see a movie when I get back I'll get you a copy. Your new track is sounding super fresh also. Hope you guys had fun with Bluejuice! All the best. Isaac
Hey Jezabels! how are you's? Just letting you know, my EP has finally arrived! It can be bought off my website for $10, which is found on my page. I also have uploaded two songs from it onto Myspace! Would be great if you could have a listen when you have time. All the best! Good luck with your new EP coming out aswell!
that's so great, thank you. i saw you guys play in hobart in may and have had your "the man is dead - EP" practically playing on repeat ever since. it'll be great to have some new stuff.
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