We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls Trompe Le Monde (Green Vinyl) given the way things are

given the way things are now

which retells the story of feudal Japan's first African samurai who served with Oda Nobunaga

To Bid You Farewell

then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions

Originally recorded in 2004

We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls Trompe Le Monde (Green Vinyl) given the way things areAvailable again in an all new repress, We Were Promised Jetpacks's youthful energy explodes thunderously as colossal choruses fall unfailingly into place. Every space is filled, tension bristling achingly in Thompson's vocal delivery as the rest of the band crashes around him with a perfect balance of force and harmony. The romanticism and accessibility of a pure pop sensibility is never hidden too deep. Both "Roll Up Your Sleeves" and lead off single