We Were Promised Jetpacks

The band consists of Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums).The band has cited label mates Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad as influences, alongside Biffy Clyro's early material.The band signed to Fat Cat Records after the label listened to some tracks on their MySpace following a recommendation from future labelmates Frightened Rabbit.Their early 2010 tour also included support from Brooklyn-based band Bear Hands and Washington natives The Lonely Forest.Their song "Quiet Little Voices" is also featured in the 2011 comedy Hall Pass[12] with Owen Wilson, as well as on a fictional radio station in The Crew (video game).The band recorded four of the album's tracks ("Roll Up Your Sleeves", "This Is My House, This Is My Home", "An Almighty Thud", and "Ships With Holes Will Sink") for a 30 June 2010 Daytrotter session.[15] The album was recorded in early 2018 with producer Jonathan Low (The National, Sufjan Stevens, Kurt Vile, the War on Drugs) at Miner Street in Philadelphia and Long Pond in New York's Hudson Valley.In late 2022 they released a two-part EP, A Complete One-Eighty, featuring three reworkings of songs from Enjoy the View and three remixes of tracks from that album, made by Monaghan, Zoe Graham and Manchester Orchestra.
We Were Promised Jetpacks performing in Dundee in May 2012.
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