The Jezabels
Australian quartet the Jezabels shimmer with their anthemic, empowering approach to indie pop. Comprising singer Hayley Mary, guitarist Samuel Lockwood, pianist/keyboardist Heather Shannon, and drummer Nik Kaloper, the group formed in 2007 after meeting at the University of Sydney, though Mary and Lockwood knew each other previously, having both grown up in Byron Bay. Taking a socially aware stance, the band name derived from Mary's perspective that Bible character Jezebel was misunderstood or misrepresented. Their first musical offering came in the form of an EP trilogy, beginning with 2009's The Man Is Dead and She's So Hard, rounded out a year later with Dark Storm. Propelled by a surprising combination of pop hooks and epic, moody energy, The Man Is Dead landed on the CMJ Top 200 chart in summer 2009, the first of many accolades for the band: by 2010, She's So Hard helped the band net two Independent Music Awards nods; the song "Hurt Me" was featured as song of the week in Australia, and Tegan and Sara tapped the quartet to open for them on their spring tour down under. Full-length debut Prisoner arrived digitally the next fall, with Rolling Stone spotlighting the track "Trycolour." Mom + Pop issued the physical version of Prisoner in early 2012, just in time for the band's main-stage set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. In 2014, the Jezabels returned with Brink, which earned enthusiastic reviews and rose to number two on the Australian album charts. February 2016 saw the release of the band's third full-length album, Synthia, but shortly before the album arrived, the Jezabels announced they were canceling all touring while Heather Shannon was in treatment for a rare form of ovarian cancer.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Prisoner
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 27 Sep 2011
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The Brink
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 17 Feb 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Prisoner (Ten Year Anniversary Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 19 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live At The Hordern Pavilion (Live At The Hordern)
Pop - Released by Play It Again Sam on 23 Nov 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Man Is Dead
Alternative & Indie - Released by Indepedent on 7 Feb 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
If You Go (triple j Like A Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by triple j on 15 Dec 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pleasure Drive (Zero Percent Remix)
House - Released by Here To Hell on 4 Jan 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Endless Summer
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 11 Sep 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Trycolour
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 27 Feb 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The End
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 14 Oct 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rosebud
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 6 Feb 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo