Mystery Jets have announced the full details of their forthcoming fourth album ‘Radlands’, which will be released on 30th April via Rough Trade Records. The album was recorded in Austin, Texas and Streatham, London and was co-produced by Mystery Jets and Dan Carey (Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Emiliana Torrini).
Mystery Jets are Blaine Harrison, Will Rees, Kai Fish and Kapil Trivedi. On the making of the album ‘Radlands’, Blaine explains:
We’ve always wanted to make a record in America and after touring Serotonin the time felt perfect to go and do it. Our first three albums were entirely conceived and recorded in London so going out to Austin felt like the furthest place from everything we knew. We arrived with a handful of songs, but one in particular felt like it captured the spirit of why we had come there. It was called Radlands (a fusion of the 1970s Terrence Malick film ‘Badlands’ and Redlands, Keith Richard’s Sussex estate), which is also what we named our studio; a big old wooden house on the banks of the Colorado river.
All we brought on the plane were the guitars on our backs, so we ended up borrowing all this amazing valve gear from an old guy called jack who ran a little studio up in the hills-which is why the songs sound the way they do. In the daytime we wrote lyrics on the porch and in the evenings a family of Deer would gather in the back yard to hear us play. Some nights we drove into town to drink and bring people back to play on the songs.
When we arrived home, it was hard to believe any of it even happened. It somehow all felt like a strange dream. But when Dan Carey heard it and invited us down to his studio we listened back to everything and it was all there, it was real. All we were missing were some gospel singers, which he found in the Streatham community ladies choir…
Twelve months on, and we are gearing up to take Radlands on the road. Its been a long time and we cannot wait to see you all again.
xBlaine
Radlands tracklisting:
1. Radlands
2. Had Me At Hello
3. Someone Purer
4. Lonestar
5. Greatest Hits
6. Saviour
7. The Nothing
8. Roses
9. Sister Everett
10. Lost In Austin
11. Luminescense
Comic:
The vinyl format of ‘Radlands’ will include an illustrated comic by Eisner Award-winning British comic artist Glenn Fabry, famous for his work on Preacher and The Authority.
Tour:
Mystery Jets will be doing an intimate UK tour later this Spring, with further dates to be added this Autumn. Tickets will be available to pre-order 22nd February from 9am, and will be on sale this Friday 24th from 9am from HMV: www.hmvtickets.com
In addition they will be playing their biggest show to date at Brixton Academy on 18th May. Tickets for this show can be bought as part of a signed album bundle deal from HMV: www.hmvtickets.com
28th March – Leeds, Brudenell
29th March – Hartlepool, Studio
30th March – Carlisle, Brickyard
1st April – Edinburgh, Electric
2nd April – Newcastle, Cluny
3rd April – Hull, Fruit
4th April – Birmingham, Rainbow
11th April – Cardiff, The Gate
12th April – Norwich, Arts Cantre
14th April – Nottingham, Bodega
15th April – Stoke, Sugarmill
16th April – Sheffield, Queen’s Social Club
18th April – Oxford, Bullingdon
19th April – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
20th April – Cambridge, Junction 2
21st April – Bath, Moles
18th May – London, Brixton Academy
