The Jezabels are a four-piece musical group from Sydney. They formed after meeting at the University of Sydney. Their music is hard to define into one specific genre, and has been described as a blend of indie pop, indie rock, rock, and disco pop. The Jezabels themselves, somewhat jocularly, describe their genre to be "hipstensive".
Hayley Mary (vocals) and Heather Shannon (piano/keyboard) first began playing together in Byron Bay before moving to Sydney to attend university, where they met Nik Kaloper (drums) and Sam Lockwood (rhythm guitar), and formed the band.
They have received a substantial amount of airplay,including on Sydney's FBi Radio and national youth broadcaster Triple J.On 22 December 2009, they were the Triple J Unearthed featured artist. They have also received airplay in the United States, where in August 2009, they debuted at #114 on the CMJ top 200 and reached #96 for the single Disco Biscuit Love. Their She's So Hard EP was the #3 most added on US college radio.
"Disco Biscuit Love" was featured as the iTunes (Australia) single of the week in the first week of July 2009. The single "Hurt Me" was featured as the iTunes (Australia) single of the week in the third week of February 2010, and was Traxx Radio's number 1 track of 2009.
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.
They were nominated for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Single / EP at the 2010 Independent Music Awards.
The Jezabels have released music video clips for five of their tracks: "Disco Biscuit Love", "Hurt Me", "Easy to Love", "Mace Spray" and "Endless Summer" (see External Links).
Two versions of the music video clip for "Disco Biscuit Love" were made. The "Hurt Me" clip was aired on Australian national television for a number of weeks in February 2010 by the ABC's popular music video program, Rage. It was also the Rage Indie Clip of the Week in March 2010. "Easy to Love" was aired on Rage in May 2010.
While not an official music video, their song "A Little Piece", is also featured in the Danny MacAskill bicycle trials video "Way Back Home".
Band members: Hayley Mary – vocals Heather Shannon – piano/keyboard Nik Kaloper – drums Samuel Lockwood – guitar
