When We Were Promised Jetpacks blew their way into my heart, it was with that youthful angst of pounding heavy rhythms and vocals that showed signs of a softer heart. With the release of this EP “The Last Place You’ll Look” they have opened their eyes an become all the more introverted from the experience.

Whilst “This is my house, this is my home” in its original form built and built on despair until a crescendo denoting the rebellion of youth, it has now been turned into the hauntingly beautiful last gasps of that era of life. The idea of rebellion has been relinquished, laid to rest with string movements and the tinkling piano weeping over its loss.

The whole EP reflects this change in outlook. The focus hasn’t moved away from the isolation of youth, but the reaction to it has. Rather than railing against it, they have have embraced it, embraced the melancholy that comes with age and regrets, all “with the benefit of hindsight” as titled track four.

The track we’ve got to share, “A Far Cry”, demonstrates their transition as it still keeps heavy drums central to their debut which garnered them so wide critical acclaim, but now opens them up to a wider emotional condition and raises the anticipation for their next full length offering.

We Were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look

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