New Music Wednesday - We Were Promised Jetpacks

Thanks to the One Little Indian PR team in the UK, I've learned about a blisteringly cool band from Edinburgh, Scotland called We Were Promised Jetpacks (great name, that).

Here's the fab rockin' single out in May - track called Quiet Little Voices. Smokin' good rock for any fans of Arctic Monkeys, Chameleons UK, early Jam and more...

More Information:
"We Were Promised Jetpacks’ ‘Quiet Little Voices’ represents the lead-up to a debut album that is already highly touted, several months before release. The band’s youthful energy (their average age is 21) explodes thunderously as ‘Quiet Little Voices’ reaches its indescribably huge chorus. Every space is filled, the tension bristles achingly in Thompson’s vocal delivery as the rest of the band crashes around him with a perfect balance of force and harmony, but the romanticism and accessibility of a pure pop sensibility is never hidden too deep."

Here's a video of the band doing Quiet Little Voices at a club gig last summer:


Assembled in Edinburgh as high school friends in 2003, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ first ever gig saw them winning their school's battle of the bands competition. Proceeding shows were after-school performances around the city of Edinburgh which were well attended and fuelled the band with a hunger and ambition. The 4-piece came to FatCat’s attention when listening to some of the friends on the (label mates) Frightened Rabbit Myspace page.

Before even releasing a single, WWPJ have laid claim to some recent successes which suggest the heralding of a major talent bursting to emerge. A well recorded three-track demo was circulated and managed to pick up a KEXP track of the day over the pond, and plays on national stations in the UK were popping up on XFM, BBC and Q radio.

Fresh off the heels of a successful SXSW jaunt (performing alongside Glasvegas and Primal Scream) and with an album scheduled for 15 June 2009 titled These Four Walls, the forthcoming year of releases and touring is set to be a busy one for We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Press:
Blistering post-punk anthems of the highest pedigree: powerful and tuneful in just the right measures, with lead singer Adam Thompson's understated vocals keeping proceedings in check just as they threaten to spiral out of control. It's a definite statement of intent.” - Q Magazine (TOTD)
"Classic musicianship and songwriting." - Scotsman
"Intense." - The Fly
“Indie-pop pickery with brazen aplomb.” – The List
"An impeccable grab bag of influences and a miraculously accessible romantic sensibility." – Skinny
"Seething with a newfound intent, their crisp, flighty choruses and sure-footed narratives are bolder and more purposeful than ever before." - Drowned in Sound
"Euphoric melodies and lyrical defiance." - Clash
"Conquering heroes even though they've yet to release their debut album." - Daily Record