This fall, I started playing with a few dudes from Sick Electric (Haywire is one of my favorite albums). They’ve been around playing music for a little longer than I
have. Jimmy (the
guitarist/vocalist) knows I’m pretty deep into the maths, and he dropped a
major nugget on me: Jetpack’s one
and only full-length album, released in 1999.
“Who is Jetpack?”, you may ask. Jetpack is Keith Souza’s band from the late ‘90s. “OK, but who is Keith Souza?”
Well: have you
heard Battles’s Mirrored? Fang Island’s Fang Island? The
Body? The Psychic Paramount? Lightning Bolt? Neptune? Daughters? Tyondai
Braxton’s Central Market? Six Finger Satellite? The Chinese Stars? Yeah. Keith Souza recorded all of those at his studio, Machines
with Magnets.
“Well that’s all well and good, but what does the thing
actually sound like?” You’re
pretty insistent with the questions there, chief. But trust me, the thing sounds fucking awesome. Angular riffs. Fuzz bass. Strained vocal harmonies. Weird songs.
Snaky grooves. You’re gonna
want to listen to this thing over and over and over and over and over.
Jetpack has no internet presence whatsoever, and it seems like the only way to get this sweet, sweet album is through your good friends at Plenty of Swords!
Bout to put on my Jetpack and crash into a cellular tower.
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DeleteI have the Jetpack CD case but I can't find the CD. I still have a 7inch though. Raise was great as well Keith Souzas' other band. Samsung records from good old Tiverton RI! The Jaguar through a fender baseman in Jetpack had such a great tone!
ReplyDeleteI have the Jetpack CD case but I can't find the CD. I still have a 7inch though. Raise was great as well Keith Souzas' other band. Samsung records from good old Tiverton RI! The Jaguar through a fender baseman in Jetpack had such a great tone!
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