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Zeal

Genre: Indie, Dance
Region: Adelaide Foothills, SA
Members: Robert Jarvis - instruments, vocals and production

Sounds Like: Eels, Architecture In Helsinki, The Postal Service

Influences: Frank Zappa, Dose One, Sufjan Stevens

Artist Website: zealousy.com.au

Unearthed Artists We Like: The Finishing School , The Bovines , the village elephant , Mr Wednesday , Style High Club , bernee , The Light Brigade , Poly and the Statics , SUBSKETCH , The Tiny Animal , Morals of a Minor , Satan's Cheerleaders , aleks & the ramps , LeighStarDust , Zebronkey , Salty , brillig , PAPER CRANE , Love Connection , The Birth of Jose , Cathy Petocz , Mei Lai Swan , dj menace , Al

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Zeal in eleven dot points.

* Zeal is 24 year-old Robert Jarvis.

* He produces eclectic indietronica from his bedroom studio in Adelaide.

* His live shows involve a guitar hero controller, a melodica, a delay pedal and a lot of involuntary movement.

* He's a former TripleJ Unearthed Feature Artist.

* His music has been aired on national and community radio.

* He's played live all over the country including a set at 2008s This Is Not Art Festival.

* He makes animated music videos too and has been screened at festivals such as SoundKilda and the Portable Film Festival.

* He's been recording his debut album over the last six months and is preparing for release later this year.

* He writes a blog here: ZEALOUSY.COM.AU

* He posts his music videos, live footage and various other intriguing bits and pieces here: YOUTUBE.COM/ZEALTV

* You can be his friend here: MYSPACE.COM/ZEALTV

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Yumi and the Sky

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Salt

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Salt

rating: 4/5
Pretty stuff from this up and comer... it's very low key and could almost benefit from a bit more work as neither the words or music quite get there ...

Zan Rowe, triple j

Salt

rating: 4/5
All his tracks show merit. Lots of things draw you in - the space in the tracks, his understated voice, the slow build. Worth investigating. Unless y...

Richard Kingsmill, triple j

Yumi and the Sky

rating: 3/5
nice. very. it's catchy and i think the kids will dig it. handclaps always go down a treat as does the way you build up and strip away the instrument...

Nicole Cheek, triple j

Salt

rating: 4/5
young dumb full of cum. time will mature the words you speak . as kind as they are you need to experience life to fully appreciate word.................

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This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.