Album Reviews – We Were Promised Jetpacks’ “These Four Walls”
Artist: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Album: These Four Walls
Label: Fat Cat Records
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Decision: 3/5 Promising If Uneven Debut
Influences I Notice: U2, Explosions in the Sky,
Favorite Tunes: “Quiet Little Voices”, “Moving Clocks Run Slow”
1. The Album
We Were Promised Jetpacks is a band from Edinburgh, Scotland. These Four Walls is their debut album and it is quite impressive. Like most indie label debuts it has a very simple production but it is hidden by a very complex sound from the band.
From the very first track, “It’s Thunder and Lightning”, you can hear the repetitive beats of post-rock bands like Explosions in the Sky. Combine this with vocal stylings that remind me of Bono from U2 and you have a promising debut from a young band. Read the rest of this entry →