Mystery Jets – Screwdriver (Caroline
Mystery Jets - Screwdriver
International)
Release Date: Out Now
I’ve always had time for the
Mystery Jets, a good bunch doing something original if not always something that
you love. However, the first single from their new album is an absolute belter
and genuinely had me sitting up straight in my chair. ‘Screwdriver’ comes in at
over five minutes long and starts like My Vitriol, the Arcade Fire and Tom
Morello having a jam while streaming 24 news on screens all pointing into the
studio. There’s a fraught tension to the guitars in the verse which is blown
apart by a wall of noise in the chorus and it’s a brutal attack on the senses. “Hate
masquerading as pride, say you’ve got God on your side but you’d wait while
Jesus died” is just an example of the kind of lyrical aggression the band extol
which is as abrasive as it is yearned for. The new album is due out in
September and, on this evidence, it will be essential listening.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/mysteryjets/
Live Dates:
5th November – The Junction, Cambridge
6th November – The Mill, Digbeth
7th November – Waterfront, Norwich
10th November – Riverside, Newcastle
11th November – The Caves, Edinburgh
12th November – Oran Mor, Glasgow
14th November – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester
15th November – The Wardrobe, Leeds
16th November – The Welly, Hull
18th November – Concorde 2, Brighton
19th November – Trinity Centre, Bristol
20th November – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
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