We Were Promised Jetpacks

When I think of We Were Promised Jetpacks I think of raw emotion and energy. These guys made a brilliant debut back in 2009 with their LP, These Four Walls, which featured the intense track, "Quiet Little Voices."  Now the lads from Scotland are back with their sophomore effort, In the Pit of The Stomach which they unveiled earlier this month. Check out the slow building, "Act on Impulse" below & visit their website to keep up on all their upcoming shows.


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We Were promised Jetpacks perform "Quiet Little Voices" live

These guys made our favorite 'top 20 albums list' last year with their energetic debut disc, These Four Walls. If I would have had the patience to do a 'best of' songs list, this phenomenal track surely would have been up there too. Here's a great live version of the song, "Quiet Little Voices" from a gig the band played at the Doug Fir in Portland, during Seattle radio station KEXP's broadcast at Musicfest NW.



Upcoming live dates:
Feb 11 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Feb 12 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
Feb 13 Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC
Feb 14 The Middle East Cambridge, MA
Feb 15 The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY
Feb 17 Casbah at Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC
Feb 18 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Feb 19 The End Nashville, TN
Feb 20 Maxine’s Pub Hot Springs, AR
Feb 21 Hailey’s Denton, TX
Feb 23 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Feb 24 The Loft (UCSD) San Diego, CA
Feb 26 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
Feb 27 Slim’s San Francisco, CA
Mar 1 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC
Mar 2 Neumo’s Seattle, WA
Mar 3 Doug Fir Lounge (+21) Portland, OR
Mar 5 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 6 Hi Dive Denver, CO
Mar 7 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, KS
Mar 8 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
Mar 9 Varsity Theatre Minneapolis, MN
Mar 11 Lincoln Hall (+18) Chicago, IL

We Were Promised Jetpacks on the web.

'Song of the Week': We Were Promised Jetpacks- "Roll Up Your Sleeves"

You can't read an article about the Glasgow band, We Were Promised Jetpacks without hearing the names of their fellow countrymen Frightened Rabbit, and The Twilight Sad mentioned in the same breathe. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the comparisons as long as they see the same success and impact that both those bands have had in Europe and overseas. WWPJP just released their full length debut, These Four Walls, which features the track, "Roll Up Your Sleeves."

Roll Up Your Sleeves - We Were Promised Jetpacks

We Were Promised Jetpacks on myspace.

New Video: We Were Promised Jetpacks- "Roll Up Your Sleeves"

Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks just released their second single (and video), "Roll Up Your Sleeves" from their forthcoming debut, These Four Walls, which is out in the UK, Europe, & the rest on June 15, and in the US & Canada July 7 on Fat Cat Records. The album saw the band working with Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie) and Peter Katis (Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, The National), with most of the recording taking place live.
The group started to get some widespread acclaim after appearing as the main support act for fellow Scot's Frightened Rabbit in 2008, which later led them to also sign on to FR's label, Fat Cat.

The video was directed by Mark Charlton, Bluestar Animation.



We Were Promised Jetpacks on myspace.

new video: We Were Promised Jetpacks-"Quiet Little Voices"

We've had our eyes and ears on these guys for a while now, the Scottish four piece, We Were Promised Jetpacks. Drawing comparisons to fellow Glasgow bands like The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit is high praise, but well deserved for this young and intense group. Their soon to be released debut titled, These Four Walls from Fat Cat Records comes out this June, and the first single off the LP, "Quiet Little Voices", is available this May 4 as a 7" single and digital download via the Fatcat website here. In other band news they just released a new video for the track which you can see below.

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices


We Were Promised Jetpacks on myspace.

We Were Promised Jetpacks: new single, LP soon to follow

We've been excited to get our hands on the debut from Glasgow's We Were Promised Jetpacks, ever since discovering the band on Frightened Rabbit's myspace page a while back. Just a few months ago the band landed themselves a deal on Fat Cat records alongside their Scottish mates in FR, and now their intense debut is almost ready to be heard.
Fresh off their appearance at SXSW, the band has announced that lead single "Quiet Little Voices", will be coming out on May 4th, as a 7" single and as a digital download via the Fatcat website here. In album news for the band, their debut full length, These Four Walls will be ready for a June 15th release date. Expect to hear a lot more about these guys in the months to come.

"Quiet Little Voices" live



We Were Promised Jetpacks myspace.

We Were Promised Jetpacks- Sign to Fat Cat

Hoping to follow in the footsteps of fellow Scottish buzz bands such as The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, who have made it to the big stage. We Were Promised Jetpacks are ready for their next step, having just signed to Fat Cat Records. The 4-piece came together in Edinburgh as high school mates in 2003, playing mostly local gigs around Scotland before recording a well received three-track demo. The demo was picked up on big indie station's like KEXP in the US as one of their 'tracks of the day', as well as Q radio and other national stations across the UK. A recent tour of the UK in support of Frightened Rabbit strengthened the buzz following the band and Fat Cat Records jumped on the opportunity to sign the group. WWPJP's have an album scheduled for release in May 2009, with singles to proceed it. You can get a taste of the bands sound with the track "Quiet Little Voices" below.



WWPJP on myspace.