Review: The Jezabels at Florida Beach Bar, Terrigal, March 17 2019
The Jezabels have spent years mastering their craft – over 10 to be exact. Throughout that time, they have managed to carve out an enduring legacy for themselves in the indie-rock scene, and have come as close as a band can to perfecting a live show while still maintaining the roughness and authenticity that comes with putting on an amazing rock performance.
And an amazing performance was just what their die-hard audience want to see. Despite it being three years since they released their last album Synthia – which charted in the ARIA top 5-, the crowd filled the Florida Beach Bar in Terrigal from the early afternoon, with the excitement and energy palpable throughout the entire venue.
The Jezabels teamed up with Corona, who have a long-standing history of bringing incredible Aussie acts to rural towns around Australia. Their Australian Marketing Manager, Shencina Conway, explained:
“The Jezabels is Corona’s first tour of 2019 and they join an incredible list of Australian and international artists that have played at venues all over the country for Corona SunSets, including Grammy Award winners Portugal. The Man, triple j favourites Cloud Control and The Rubens, and in the past six months Touch Sensitive and Boo Seeka,”
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“There’s no better way to bring our Corona community together than with an evening of awesome music, sunsets and buckets of icy cold cervezas.”
Despite the dreary weather outside, the band were in action to bring some serious Endless Summer vibes. They kicked their set off with ‘Mace Spray’, a moody indie-rock banger that catapulted the set forward with its booming drums and Hayley’s luscious and unique vocals, a voice that could give Stevie Knicks a run for her money. You could tell as soon as they started that a genuine fanbase had arrived to celebrate and boogie out the end of summer, chanting enthusiastically along to their favourite songs.
The delicious 11 song set featured all their hits, including ‘Endless Summer’, ‘The Others’, ‘The End’ and a slew of more mosh-worthy bangers. This run of shows was the first time in a while that the band had toured Australia together, but if you didn’t know that, you would never be able to tell.
Closing the night with their driving – and slightly emo – anthem ‘Hurt Me’ was the perfect end to a sublime performance, which definitely left the audience wanting more – the sign of a greatly played set.
Corona SunSets Presents The Jezabels
Thursday, March 14th (New Venue)
Clovelly Hotel, Clovelly, NSW
Friday, March 15th
Republica, St Kilda Beach, VIC
Saturday, March 16th
Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
Sunday, March 17th
Florida Beach Bar, Terrigal, NSW
Thursday, March 21st
Sunroom @ Cronulla RSL, Cronulla, NSW
Friday, March 22nd
Walkers Arms Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Saturday, March 23rd
The Grand Bar, Glenelg, SA
Sunday, March 24th
Lorne Hotel, Lorne, VIC
Thursday, 28th March
Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW
Saturday, March 30th
Beachfront Hotel, Rapid Creek, NT
Sunday, March 31st
Queens Wharf Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Wednesday, April 3rd
Potts Point Hotel, Potts Point, NSW
Friday, April 5th
Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee, NSW
Saturday, April 6th
Mullaloo Hotel, Mullaloo, WA
Sunday, April 7th
The Lookout, Scarborough, WA
Wednesday, April 10th
Gilligan’s Backpackers Hotel and Resort, Cairns, QLD
Thursday, April 11th
The Island, Gold Coast, QLD
Friday, April 12th
South Beach Social, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday, April 13th
Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, QLD
Sunday, April 14th
The Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
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