In the current retro influenced indie music scene, a band like Sydney Australia\u2019s The Jezabels fits right in. But the usual type of synthpop that dominates today\u2019s crop of bands isn\u2019t what characterizes the music of this four piece in any shape or form. <\/p>\n
The Jezabels has the big cinematic sound from early \u201880s rock music \u2013 \u201cThe Big Music\u201d as the style is known. There isn\u2019t much grandiose instrumentation on the band\u2019s first full-length, Prisoner, apart from the drums, guitars, and keyboards. But the sound is loud and dramatic and there is an immediate parallel between the band\u2019s music and rock anthems of the \u201880s like \u201cNew Years Day\u201d by U2 or \u201cThe Whole Of The Moon\u201d by The Waterboys.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s massive sound comes with a great deal of energy, of course. And without that vigor, Prisoner<\/i> is nothing. In addition to the loudness of the music itself, the instrumentation and the singing on this disc is pretty intense, particularly Hayley Mary\u2019s vocals and Nik Kaloper\u2019s drumming, which pounds and thuds with grace and vehemence. Some of the album\u2019s outstanding numbers (\u201cTry Colour,\u201d \u201cLong Highway,\u201d \u201cHorsehead,\u201d \u201cRosebud,\u201d and \u201cEndless Summer\u201d) are particularly foot tapping and dynamic.<\/p>\n
Mary\u2019s grand voice is a force on its own. Her Soiuxsie Sioux-like vocal style adds gothic charm and the way she passionately puts full force into her voice adds melodrama to her group\u2019s music. Her voice compliments the epic theatricality of the heavier tracks like \u201cDeep Wide Ocean,\u201d \u201cPiece Of Mind,\u201d and \u201cCatch Me,\u201d adding fiery big-hearted emotional depth to the whole album in general. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, Prisoner<\/i> sounds less like a great throwback album and more like a fantastic contemporary rock record. The band has gone through three EPs and has taken its time before releasing this debut album, which fortunately is an absolutely consistent body of work from start to finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":31347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9058],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-43046","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-jezabels","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43046"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}