We Were Promised Jetpacks are back to bridge the gap between albums with The Last Place You’ll Look EP.

AyeTunes :: Inside the Scottish Music Scene
In the first of what’s to become a regular column, Billy Hamilton – co-editor of The Scotsman’s Under the Radar new music site – delves deep into Scotland’s tartan-toned landscape.

TLOBF Albums of 2009
It’s what you’ve all been waiting for folks… The year’s best albums according to us, The Line of Best Fit…

We Were Promised Jetpacks – Guildford Boileroom, 16/11/09
We Were Promised Jetpacks, it could be said, have had some fairly lucky breaks recently. Signed to the brilliant FatCat label and currently bumping along nicely on the coat tails of The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit.

Truck Festival (Truck 12) – Oxford 25-26 July 2009
Truck successfully manages to grow a little larger every year whilst still keeping its warm, small, distinctly family and quite local feel. Jude Clarke reviews.

We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
Another hit from Scotland: Can WWPJ build on the impressive live performances with their debut album? Adam Nelson reviews.

Hinterland Festival – Glasgow, 30th April & 1st May 2009
Scotland’s answer to Camden Crawl, Stag & Dagger, Conctrete & Glass et al…. Does the first ever Hinterland Festival cut the mustard though? Claire McCallum seems to think so!

We Were Promised Jetpacks get on the tour bus
We Were Promised Jetpacks are to embark on their first major UK tour in June, plus you can catch them at a couple of festivals either side.

Frightened Rabbit – Scala, London 15/04/09
Frightened Rabbit are a ramshackle, dishevelled, waywardly talented band making raw, honest music into which people seem to be able insert themselves wholly, carelessly. This might just be the end of a triumphant chapter…
Introducing :: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Rich Hughes goes a bit mad for We Were Promised Jetpacks – one of the best new bands he’s heard in AGES… find out why inside…
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