The Jezabels

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The Jezabels

The Jezabels (left to right): Hayley Mary, Nik Kaloper, Sam Lockwood.
Heather Shannon is out of shot.
Falls Festival, January 2012 in Marion Bay
Background information
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Indie rock, alternative rock
Years active 2007 (2007)–present
Labels MGM Distribution
Waterfront
Mom + Pop Music
Website thejezabels.com
Members Nik Kaloper
Sam Lockwood
Hayley Mary
Heather Shannon

The Jezabels are an Australian four-piece indie, alternative rock and disco pop musical group that formed in 2007. They consist of Nik Kaloper on drums, Samuel Lockwood on lead guitar, Hayley Mary (also known as Hayley Frances McGlone) on lead vocals, and Heather Shannon on piano and keyboard. They have described their genre as "intensindie". From 2009 to 2010 the group issued a trilogy of extended plays, The Man Is Dead, She's So Hard and Dark Storm—all produced and engineered by Lachlan Mitchell. Two of their releases have reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 40: the Dark Storm EP (October 2010) and their single "Endless Summer" (August 2011).

They released their debut studio album, Prisoner on 16 September 2011. It peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and won Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012. They released their second album The Brink on 31 January 2014.

History

The Jezabels formed in 2007 after the four members met as students at the University of Sydney.[1][2][3] Their music was described by national youth radio station, Triple J, as a blend of alternative rock, indie rock,[4][5] and disco pop.[3][6][7] The Jezabels' Facebook page describes their genre as "intensindie".[8] Hayley Mary (born Hayley Frances McGlone) and Heather Shannon had performed together in Byron Bay.[9][10] Samuel Lockwood also grew up in Byron Bay.[11] The band's name is based on the biblical character, Jezebel, who Mary perceived as being "misunderstood or misrepresented" and described her as "an example of how women are really wrongly presented".[1][5] Lockwood recognised Mary and Shannon when he saw them at university and invited them to join a band for a competition.[2] The group are Nik Kaloper on drums, Lockwood on lead guitar, Mary on lead vocals, and Shannon on piano and keyboard.[1] Mary recalled "It was a combination of four individual desires to play music and taking whatever opportunities we could find — which happened to be each other ... From there the process has pretty much been one of reconciling musical differences. But we’re getting closer".[2]

Hayley Mary performing as front-woman for The Jezabels, 2009.

On 3 February 2009 The Jezabels' debut extended play, The Man Is Dead, was released independently via MGM Distribution.[12][13][14] It was recorded at Megaphon & Production Ave Studios and produced by The Jezabels and Lachlan Mitchell.[15] The lead track, "Disco Biscuit Love", is credited to Shannon, McGlone, Lockwood and Kaloper.[16] On 6 November that year they followed with a second EP, She's So Hard, which included the tracks "Easy to Love" and "Hurt Me".[17][18][19] Both received significant radio airplay,[3] including on Sydney's FBi Radio[20] and Triple J.[7] They also received airplay in the US, where in August, they debuted at No. 114 on the CMJ top 200 and reached No. 96 for the track "Disco Biscuit Love".[15] On 22 December, they were the Triple J Unearthed featured artist and described them as "[d]ramatic, energetic, uplfiting, indie rock with a commanding lead singer. We've picked them to play Field Day – a great way to start the new year!".[4] Their She's So Hard EP was the No. 3 most added on US college radio for 2009.[21]

On 1 October 2010 The Jezabels released the third EP of their trilogy, Dark Storm,[22] which peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart.[23] The Age's Peter Vincent felt "[t]heirs is a timeless sound that is radio-friendly: moody female vocals soaring over strong percussion and slow-building guitar and piano/ keyboard lines".[24] One of the tracks, "Mace Spray", has lyrics containing "an element of satire. It's hilarious that someone would carry mace spray ... but it's also very sad".[24]

The Jezabels, performing in Katoomba, 2010.

In August 2011, their single "Endless Summer" peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart[23] and was credited to Kaloper, Lockwood, McGlone, and Shannon.[25] On 16 September 2011 they released their debut studio album Prisoner and it reached No. 2 on the ARIA Album Chart.[23] It was recorded at Sydney's Attic Studios with Mitchell producing and Peter Katis mixing.[26] Vulture Magazine's Anna Moull described the album in a review: "a dramatic gothic epic, with a twist of 80’s power-house rock. Jezabels singer Haley Mary sums up their sound perfectly as 'Bronte-esque gothic (and) melodramatic'. Channelling Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury and Cyndi Lauper, Mary’s vocals are a force to be reckoned with".[26] By 31 December 2011, the album was certified gold by ARIA for the shipment of 35,000 units.[27] "Endless Summer" was performed ' by both Josh Pyke and Jack Vidgen.[25] In late 2013, the Jezabels released a song titled "The End" as the first single release from their second album The Brink, which was released on 31 January 2014.[28]

Music videos

Heather Shannon on keyboards, April 2011

The Jezabels have released music videos for seven tracks: "Disco Biscuit Love", "Hurt Me", "Easy to Love", "Mace Spray", "Trycolour", "Endless Summer" and "Rosebud". Two versions were made for "Disco Biscuit Love". The "Hurt Me" clip was aired on Australian national television for a number of weeks in February 2010 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music video program, rage.[29] It was also the rage Indie Clip of the Week in March 2010.[30] "Easy to Love" was aired on rage in May 2010.[29] While not an official music video, their song "A Little Piece", is featured in the Danny MacAskill bicycle trials video, "Way Back Home".[31] In the opening video on YouTube for Ubisoft's Far Cry 3, the song "Prisoner" is featured in a very short cut version.

Live performances

The Jezabels state that they are predominantly a live act and played the indie circuit around Sydney since 2007.[32] In 2009 they played at the Hopetoun and Annandale hotels, to positive reviews.[32][33] They toured nationally to promote the release of their EPs; in November 2009, they did an east coast tour to launch She's So Hard.[34] In November and December 2010, they undertook a national tour after launching Dark Storm.[35][36]

Nik Kaloper, Southbound Festival, Busselton, January 2012

The Jezabels have played the Australian festivals Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Pyramid Rock, Festival of the Sun,[5][37] Playground Weekender, Come Together, Peats Ridge Festival, St Jerome's Laneway Festival and Soundwave.[38] In 2011 they played at Groovin' the Moo and Splendour in the Grass.

The Jezabels supported Canada’s Hey Rosetta! and Tegan & Sara[39] on their Australian tours. In June 2010, they toured with Katie Noonan and The Captains,[40] and have also supported Regurgitator, Bluejuice, Dukes of Windsor, Van She, Sparkadia,[37] Josh Pyke,[5][6] Ghostwood, Cassette Kids, and Damn Arms.

In October 2010 they played a 13 date tour of North America and Canada as the supporting act for Two Hours Traffic,[41] and will be returning to America for more shows in February and March 2011.

In March 2012, they toured the US with indie rock group Imagine Dragons. In July 2012, they joined Garbage on their UK tour for four nights, and played at T in the Park on the sixth of that month. In August 2012, they played Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago, US[42] and appeared at Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 2012 in Montreal, Canada.[43]

The band appeared as the special guests of Depeche Mode at the latter's performance as part of Depeche Mode's 'Delta Machine' world tour in the UK and Ireland in November 2013.[44][45]

Achievements and awards

"Disco Biscuit Love" was featured as the iTunes (Australia) single of the week in the first week of July 2009.[46] The single "Hurt Me" was featured as the iTunes (Australia) single of the week in the third week of February 2010,[30] and was Traxx Radio's number 1 track of 2009.[47] The Jezabels had two songs featured in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2010. "Easy to Love" came in at number 49, and "Mace Spray" at number 16.[48][49] In December 2011, it was announced that their debut album was voted No. 6 in the Triple J Album Poll for 2011.

ARIA Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
2011[50][51] Dark Storm Single of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Breakthrough Artist – Single style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Best Independent Release style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
2012[52][53] Prisoner Album of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Best Group style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Best Independent Release style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won
Best Rock Album style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
The Jezabels Best Australian Live Act style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Prisoner – Lachlan Mitchell Producer of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Engineer of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Prisoner – Christopher Doyle Best Cover Art style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated

Awards and nominations

In 2010, the band's EP, Dark Storm, received the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for 'Best Independent Single/EP', with The Jezabels also taking away the 'Best Independent Artist' AIR Award.[54] Furthermore, the band has won the 'Best Independent Artist' award in both 2011 and 2012 (in 2011, the band was the only dual award-winner at the event).[55] They were nominated for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Single / EP at the 2010 Independent Music Awards.[35]

Year Recipient Award Result
2011 Dark Storm (Nikolas Kaloper, Samuel Lockwood, Hayley McGlone, Heather Shannon) APRA Music Awards of 2011: Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year[56] style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
2011 Prisoner (Nikolas Kaloper, Samuel Lockwood, Hayley McGlone, Heather Shannon) Australian Music Prize[57] style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

Band members

Popular culture

In November 2011, "A Little Piece" was used for the Under Armour 'Are You From HERE?' commercial that features basketball star Brandon Jennings. Australian pay TV provider Foxtel used "Endless Summer" as background music for their summer (2011–12) television content advertisement. "Nobody Nowhere" was used on the True Blood episode "In the Beginning", while "Easy to Love" appeared on the Grey's Anatomy episode "Hope for the Hopeless" in January 2012.[58] In a 2012 episode of the television show Neighbours, Paul Robinson learns that the grades of his niece Sophie Ramsay are slipping and eventually forbids her from seeing a Jezabels concert in the city.[citation needed]

Mary revealed at a March 2012 show in Sheffield, UK—attended by approximately 130 people—that the song "Long Highway" was proposed for one of the Twilight saga films, but was deemed "too mature".[59] Mary later explained in a September 2012 interview:

Do you know how offhand that comment was and how many times I’ve had to face it since? I did say that. It was kind of true, but it was also a bit tongue-in-cheek. We were kind of told that might be the reason. It’s a six-minute song, which requires maturity for listening. What they specifically said, apparently, was that the voice was too mature. I don’t know if that means I sound old or I sound intelligent. I’m going to hope that it’s the latter.[60]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS[23] AUS Indie[23]
2011 "Endless Summer" 39 – Prisoner
"Trycolour" – –
2012 "Rosebud" – –
"City Girl" 80 –
2013 "The End" 81 5 The Brink

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