{"id":69212,"date":"2018-09-06T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=69212"},"modified":"2018-09-03T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:57:00","slug":"review-we-were-promised-jetpacks-the-more-i-sleep-the-less-i-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-we-were-promised-jetpacks-the-more-i-sleep-the-less-i-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: We Were Promised Jetpacks &#8211; The More I Sleep The Less I Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69216 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/v600_WWPJ_COVER_3000-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Over the three albums Scottish rockers <strong>We Were Promised Jetpacks<\/strong> have put out in the past, they\u2019ve been unique. Not quite indie, not quite punk, but somewhere swirled in between. They made a name for themselves with singles that are more ambitious than the usual pop-rock affairs and an affinity for atmospheric deep cuts. It seems apt that their fourth album, <em>\u2018The More I Sleep The Less I Dream\u2019<\/em>, perfectly marries these traits to make perhaps their best project yet.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the four-year writing period helped \u2013 not forgetting the fact they supposedly threw out a whole album of material \u2013 but tracks here sound huge in terms of both concept and entertainment.\u00a0<em>\u2018Repeating Patterns\u2019<\/em> delivers on this from the very first twanged tones of the guitars. There\u2019s a constantly satisfying electricity in the design of this song, whether it\u2019s massive post-punk riffs or the frisky melodies that lead it forward.\u00a0It balances catchy songwriting with a structure that\u2019s striving to be more than throwaway, sing-a-long radio fodder.<\/p>\n<p>This approach to their music absolutely delivers too, perhaps best on tracks like <em>\u2018Someone Else\u2019s Problems\u2019<\/em>. There\u2019s a persistent push forward, a brooding build-up of sound and intensity, it&#8217;s intelligently thrilling without feeling inaccessible. Every line of vocalist Adam Thompson\u2019s lyrics feel engrossing, and the impassioned chorus is perfectly matched with a rising storm of shredded chords.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Repeating Patterns [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/277VfNI1Dbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their signature northern gloom makes itself known still. The title track might make the best use of it though, twisting downtrodden vocals and careful beats into a beautiful but tragic beast. Many songs here have that greyed feeling, but none feel as progressive as these powerful final minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With this album, <strong>We Were Promised Jetpacks<\/strong> have refined their shade of alternative rock. They\u2019ve whittled down what they had, grinding down their sound in the four years this album took to make. What they\u2019ve left us with is a polished, robust project that sees them feeling refreshing, and at their best yet.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;The More I Sleep The Less I Dream&#8217;<\/em> by<strong> We Were Promised Jetpacks<\/strong> is released on 14th September on <strong>Big Scary Monsters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Were Promised Jetpacks<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wewerepromisedjetpacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/wewerepromisedjetpacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwpj?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wwpj\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sam Seaton (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citrus_music_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@citrus_music_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The More I Sleep The Less I Dream\u2019, perfectly marries WWPJ&#8217;s traits to create perhaps their best album yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":69216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,2884,15032,8113],"class_list":["post-69212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-big-scary-monsters","tag-sam-seaton","tag-we-were-promised-jetpacks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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