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We Were Promised Jetpacks - “Moving Clocks Run Slow”

I learned about We Were Promised Jetpacks, a band composed of 21-year olds from Glasgow, UK, from KEXP, and I was immediately hooked. The band’s sound is far more polished than I’d expect from a group of young’uns.

The band feels like a high-energy, rocked-out version of The Smiths or The Cure without all the sadness (perhaps that’s ironic given that both of those bands were at the height of their popularity while the members of WWPJ were still in diapers). The guitars in “Moving Clocks Run Slow” smack of Bloc Party, while the vocals remind me of Robert Smith. All-in-all, it’s a winning combination. Like most of the stuff we’ve been posting lately, this song contains the summer music formula: high-energy, driving guitars and bass, and that perfect driving-with-the-windows-down-and-the-music-up feel.

The band doesn’t have any official release beyond an EP that I can’t find anywhere, but I’m hoping they get signed and release a full album post-haste. Please take my advice and don’t miss this song.

cubicle17 posted this on Jun 17 2008. it has 16 notes and 920 plays Tagged: #we were promised jetpacks #indie rock

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    WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS...from the album These Four Walls (2009) posted by tuneage
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    awesome! They should get signed, becuase
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    Smiths back like this.
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    As normal tuneage
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    AMAZING song. I’ve...over and over for...dancing awkwardly...
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    Besides all this guy’s information,...Jetpacks through Frightened Rabbit! In this...
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