Summary: The members of We Were Promised Jetpacks were only 19-year-old University students in Glasgow when they released their moody and emo-ish debut These Four Walls in 2009. The Scotland band's third record, Unravelling, reveals substantial maturity amid the diamond-sharp hooks. Recorded in Glasgow with Paul Savage (Teenage Fanclub, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai), it features the acute angles of that producer's past work and also a fuller array of sounds, courtesy of the band's new multi-instrumentalist, Stuart McGachan. His addition comes nearly ten years after the original formation of Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass), and Darren Lackie (drums / backing vocals). The new record doubles down on the band's cathartic choruses and slab-like hooks, nowhere more in evidence than on the massive "I Keep It Composed." The band visits the Soundcheck studio to show off how these anthemic sounds translate live.
