ALBUM REVIEW: Mystery Jets
- Posted on April 12, 2008 10:20 AM
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Mystery Jets
Twenty One
Review by Jamie Stangroom
It's not often you find a father and son in a popular band together, especially one that spawned from the post – Libertines London music scene let alone beforehand. The Mystery Jets however, proved to be an exception to that rule when they burst into our musical consciences in 2006 with debut album ‘Making Dens’.
However, second album in and they are no longer the exception to the father and son collaboration rule. Jets' frontman, Blaine Harrison’s old man hasn’t returned (despite the odd songwriting credit) for reasons unknown to us (and everybody else outside of the band's fellowship), it is indeed a mystery.
Gone with him is the prog-rock sounds of ‘Making Dens’, replaced by lots of lovely yet pompous oo-ooing and la-lahing in a homage to 80’s pop. The 80’s sound is most prominent in the glossy saxophone solo of ‘Two Doors Down’, this alongside other stand out tracks ‘Half in Love With Elizabeth’ and single ‘Young Love’, which features vocals from London based Folkster Laura Marling are very impressive. The pace of the album slows down a notch or two in the middle but picks up again with the brilliant ‘MJ’, there’s also a secret track as well, which I suppose is a secret no longer as I’ve just told you about it.
So daddy’s gone but it aint all bad, in fact I think he’ll be very pleased come parents' evening.
Related links:
Mystery Jets concert tickets.
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