Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks are back with their third album, a new member and a forthcoming tour.
The album is called Unravelling and will be released this autumn, though no release date has been given. It was recorded in Glasgow at the (in)famous Chem19 Studios with Paul Savage who has previously worked with a number of 17 Seconds faves, including established and diverse Scottish acts such as Teenage Fanclub, King Creosote, Bwani Junction, The Twilight Sad, Franz Ferdinand and Mogwai. the first track to do the rounds, ‘Safety In Numbers’ can be streamed at the top of the page.
The band – Adam Thompson (Vocals / Guitar), Darren Lackie (Drums), Sean Smith (bass) and Michael Palmer (Guitar) are now joined by multi-instrumentalist Stuart McGachan.
The tour dates in the British Isles are as follows:
Sep 11 Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Sep 12 Limelight 2, Belfast
Sep 13 Nerve Centre, Londonderry
Sep 14 Whelan’s, Dublin
Sep 17, Garage, Aberdeen
Sep 18 Non-Zero’s, Dundee
Sep 19 Caves, Edinburgh
Sep 20 Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sep 21 Bermuda Triangle, Brighton
Oct 8 The Lexington, London
Looking forward to this – their set in Boston earlier this year was my gig of the year so far (Eagulls were a close second, mind). The 4 or 5 new songs they played all showed a maturity in their songwriting and an almost Mogwai-like wall of sound at times. Music to these ears. ‘Mon the Jetpacks!
Sounds great am really looking forward to hearing the whole album.
To my shame, I have yet to see them live…