We Were Promised Jetpacks: "These Four Walls" 10th Anniversary

photo: Eleanor Petry

Scottish post-rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their These Four Walls album with an expanded reissue of the album and a tour take will take them across the States and Europe: "Claustrophic songs with singer Adam Thompson screaming above the din. The songs are built to last, creating a Hadrian's Wall of Sound. Sean Smith is dropping bombs on his bass, the Mike Palmer and Thompson guitar tandem are locked in a groove, but they all follow the marching drums of Darren Lackie".

We Were Promised Jetpacks: European tour dates, new album

Scottish indie rock quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks have a new album out this Autumn. They have made a trailer. They are on the road in Europe in September.

Live dates:

• 09/16 Fleche d'Or, Paris. France
• 09/17 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 09/18 Molotow, Hamburg, Germany
• 09/19 Lido, Berlin, Germany
• 09/20 Gebaude 9, Cologne, Germany
• 09/21 Botanique Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium

» wewerepromisedjetpacks.com

HCTF review of The Last Place You'll Look.

We Were Promised Jetpack: The Last Place You'll Look

photo: Neil Thomas Douglas

Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks have decided to make a change of pace since their debut album These Four Walls. The five songs on their new EP The Last Place You'll Look are slow and melancholic, safe for the drums that sound definitely military, most notably on A Far Cry and Short Bursts.

The short instrumental The Walls Are Wearing Thin deserves an audience listening in rapt attention, that is if they can keep their mouths shot for a little under two minutes. If so, they are rewarded with the sole up tempo track on the EP: With The Benefit Of Hindsight.

Strings rule on closer This Is My House, This Is My Home, played over a soft piano and - yet again - a slow military drum beat.

The Last Place You'll Look is released on One Little Indian / FatCat Records. Release dates: March 30 (USA, /Canada), April 12 (UK, Europe, & Rest of World) Physical copies can already be obtained at the merch table at their live shows.

Tracks:

1. A Far Cry
2. Shorts Bursts
3. The Walls Are Wearing Thin
4. With The Benefit Of Hindsight
5. This Is My House, This Is My Home

Live dates:

• 04/16 La Fleche d'Or, Paris, France
• 04/18 Knust, Hamburg, Germany
• 04/20 Gleis 22, Muenster, Germany
• 04/21 Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany
• 04/22 Schlacthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
• 04/23 Beatpol, Dresden, Germany
• 04/24 Lido, Berlin, Germany
• 04/26 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

» myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks

HCTF review of These Four Walls.

Bear Hands: North American tour w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks

photo: Victoria Jacob

NYC quartet Bear Hands have a already caused quite a stir in the press, with their grumbling vocals on top of lazy guitar lines and an infectious rhythm section. They will be the road in the USA and Canada, kicking off with a few headlining shows and after that sharing the bill with Scottish indie band We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Bear Hands:

Dylan Rau: vocals, guitar
Ted Feldman: guitar, percussion
Val loper: bass, percussion
TJ Orscher: drums, vocals

Their single What A Drag /Can't Stick Em gets another outing. Cantora Records presses a 1000 limited run of 7" white vinyl. The tracks are offered as a free download for 1 month only, including the What A Drag (Cale Parks Remix).

Tracks:

1. What A Drag
2. Can't Stick Em
3. What A Drag (Cale Parks Remix)

Live dates:

• 02/16 The Studio at Webster Hall - New York, NY
• 02/17 Brillobox - Pittsburgh, PA
• 02/18 Southgate House Parlor - Newport, KY
• 02/19 The Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO
• 02/20 Conservatory - Oklahoma City
• 02/23 Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ #
• 02/24 The Loft- UCSD - La Jolla, CA #
• 02/26 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA #
• 02/27 Slim’s - San Francisco, CA #
• 03/01 Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC #
• 03/02 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading - Seattle, WA #
• 03/03 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR #
• 03/05 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
• 03/06 Hi Dive - Denver, CO #
• 03/07 Jackpot Saloon - Lawrence, KS #
• 03/08 The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE #
• 03/09 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN #
• 03/10 Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL #
• 03/12 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH #
• 03/15 The Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO #

# w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks

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» myspace.com/bearhandsband

We Were Promised Jetpacks: These Four Walls

photo: Neil Thomas Douglas

Edinburgh post-rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks create a dense sound on their debut album These Four Walls. Claustrophic songs with singer Adam Thompson screaming above the din. The songs are built to last, creating a Hadrian's Wall of Sound. Sean Smith is dropping bombs on his bass, the Mike Palmer and Thompson guitar tandem are locked in a groove, but they all follow the marching drums of Darren Lackie.

We Were Promised Jetpacks is a band you will want catch to live in a packed small venue. For fans of the poppier side of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

We Were Promised Jetpacks:
Michael Palmer: guitar
Sean Smith: bass
Darren Lackie drums
Adam Thompson: guitar, vocals

These Four Walls is released on Fat Cat Records. A new single from the album "It's Thunder And It's Lightning / Ships With Holes Will Sink" is released November 30th on 7" and MP3.

Tracks:

1. It's Thunder and It’s Lightning
2. Ships With Holes Will Sink
3. Roll Up Your Sleeves
4. Conductor
5. A Half-Built House
6. This Is My House, This Is My Home
7. Quiet Little Voices
8. Moving Clocks Run Slow
9. Short Bursts
10. Keeping Warm
11. An Almighty Thud

Video: We Were Promised Jetpacks - Roll Up Your Sleeves
Video: We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices

Live dates:

• 12/05 Adam solo set at The Bowery w/ Sebastian Dangerfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 12/31 Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party - Waverley Stage, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 01/16 Rotown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 01/17 Ekko, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 01/18 FZW, Dortmund, Germany
• 01/19 Schocken, Stuttgart Germany
• 01/20 Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg Germany
• 01/21 Rockwoche, Zurich
• 01/22 Covo, Bologna, Italy, Switzerland
• 01/23 59:1 (Visions Party), Munich, Germany
• 01/24 Chelsea, Vienna, Austria
• 01/26 Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
• 01/27 Glanz & Gloria, Osnabrueck Germany
• 01/28 Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 01/29 Garage, Oslo, Norway
• 01/30 Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden

» myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks