The Zoup combine crunchy & powerful guitar melodies, authoritative vocals, signature drum rhythms & touches of ambiance in constructing their alluring spin on alternative rock.

A regular fixture in the local music scene, The Zoup have rattled unsuspecting audiences in venues throughout the country, venturing as far as Sydney?s legendary Metro Theatre where the band thrived in Australasian band battle Emergenza in late 2008 during their first year. A national tour mid 2010 saw the band playing to receptive crowds in packed out venues.

With the release of the self titled EP in 2009, The Zoup demonstrated a penchant for creating songs with sonic & vocal depth with moments of calm & chaos all twisted together in an impressive & unpredictable debut offering. Songs released online since this debut have drawn significant attention on social networking sites as well as international competition site Ourstage.com, where the band took out the Grand Prize for Rock in December of 2010 from over one thousand song entries. On top of this, the band's cover of Hushabye Mountain from the classic film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has recently surpassed the 30,000 views mark on YouTube.

More recently, The Zoup released the first track from The Piha Sessions, a fittingly named concept EP recorded live in a bach at the famous Piha Beach, a location renowned for wild surf and beautiful scenery that holds a very special place in the hearts of the band members. Entitled 'Ethos', this energetic, emotive track was recorded with the band playing in separate rooms while connected to a central computer, with synchronized performance made possible using headphones. The session was also filmed, and the resulting video can be found on the band's YouTube channel.

With the band currently in pre-production for their highly anticipated debut album, expect to see exciting things from these guys in 2012.