I look forward so much to these music reports, I, along with quite a few of our music loving regular readers have been introduced to some amazing artists.... This weeks featured artists are certainly among them..... please enjoy, & please let us know your thoughts.... Cheers Greg
THE MUSIC MATTADOR......
Yet another week of this amazing year passes with the release of a magnificent debut album from an Australian band. A perfectly timed release to celebrate the dawn of spring this album comes packed full of youthful energy that I promise will invigorate and blast away the remains of a chilly winter.
The Jezabels formed after meeting at the University of Sydney, quite specifically anchored in the roots of Indy, their sub character is hard to define with aspects of pop, rock and absolute originality enabling them to swim around in the pool of just dam awesome and who cares what pigeon hole they fit in!
3 EP's down and ever evolving, the band has developed into what could become one of the worlds most exciting commodities. Despite a stampede of major labels chasing their signature the decision to release their debut album 'Prisioner' as an independent group could see them match it with the most successful Australian independent artist of all time 'John Butler'.
Prisoner is an exhausting combination of emotions and power vocals that seem to swirl together into a cyclone of musical brilliance. The melodies swell and lead themselves into sky high climaxes while the obvious layers of sound mean the album slowly reveals it 'self like a blooming flower bud. This album is so full of sound that the instrumental interlude acts as a peaceful armchair to sit back and relax on before finishing the journey.
For me there are obvious influences of the grungy edge seen in musicians like Kate Bush and Cindy Lauper however in saying that, there is something completely unique about the Jezabels. From all accounts their live performance rivals all that are performing in the festival arena today, completely dominating main stages and winning the hearts of all new onlookers. This combined with the looks of a cover model it is hard to imagine just where the Jezabels will finish, only one thing is certain - I will be there following them all the way.
The link is to their website where you can listen and watch many examples of what lies pressed on the vinyl of 'Prisioner'. If you start with the first song (Endless Summer) on the media player (at the bottom of the page) i'm almost certain you will not be able to stop with one.
Please feel free to leave some feedback, I would love to know what you all think!!
Please Enjoy.........http://www.thejezabels.com/media/
