Opening with a lone guitar line that itself has all the momentum of entire genres crammed into a single set of chords, We Were Promised Jetpacks' These Four Walls signifies a debut album that has the sort of peerlessness and potential to stand as a mainstay and luminary of indie music in the 21st century. Like fellow Scotsmen Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks bring emotional intensity to the forefront in their immensely appealing rock anthems. Adding nimble, driving rhythms and bristling tension to the mix, they unfold their songs into effortless-seeming choruses imbued with romanticism and pop sensibility.
Released: February 2022
Cat: FATLP72
Label: Fat Cat Records
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Tracklist
1. Quiet Little Voices2. It's Thunder And It's Lightning
3. Ships With Holes Will Sink
4. Moving Clocks Run Slow
5. Short Bursts
6. Roll Up Your Sleeves
7. Keeping Warm
8. Conductor
9. An Almighty Thud
10. A Half Built House
11. This Is My House, This Is My Home
12. Red Carpet (Live At Barfly)
13. Keeping Warm (Acoustic Radio Session)
14. Move My Limbs (Acoustic Radio Session)
15. Conductor (Demo)
16. Ships With Holes (Acoustic Radio Session)
17. Quiet Little Voices (Demo)
18. Short Bursts (Live At Barfly)
19. Modern Leper (By Frightened Rabbit, Acoustic Radio Session)