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Jetplane Landing Announce Video For New Single ‘Beat Generation…Ha!’

November 19, 2013

JETPLANEJetplane Landing are from Derry, Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1999 by Andrew Ferris (guitar/vocals) and Jamie Burchell (bass); later joined by lead guitarist, Cahir O’Doherty (ex-Fighting With Wire).   The second single to be taken from Jetplane Landing’s fourth studio album ‘Don’t Try’, “Beat Generation… Ha!” is a meditation on being an outsider, written (in part) from the perspective of the oft-overlooked writer Gregory Corso.

Jetplane state – “Who said creativity should ever come from anything less than rage, than from terror, than from isolation? Not us; not Corso; not others: “If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire.”

Drawing inspiration from ‘80s hardcore and associated with the British Post-Hardcore movement (see Hundred Reasons, Biffy Clyro, Million Dead, Reuben and Hell Is For Heroes) they released their debut album, ‘Zero for Conduct’ in 2001 and followed it up with ‘Once Like a Spark’ in 2003. Regarded as a scene-defining record, ‘Once Like A Spark’ propelled the band onto even larger stages and deeper into the hearts of fans of mathy, cerebral punk rock.  The band’s third album, ‘Backlash Cop’ [2007], incorporated funk and hip hop elements, inviting comparisons to political torchbearers Rage Against the Machine.

The band took a break from playing live in 2007 and returned to public view six years later with this new record ‘Don’t Try’ and new drummer Craig McKean (ex-Fighting With Wire). A taut, visceral art-rock affair ‘Don’t Try’ draws easiest comparison to the bands work on fan-favourite EP ‘Els Quatre Gats’ [2002] however offers elements from the band’s entire recorded output so far. “Beat Generation… Ha!” Is available digitally from December 2nd and features brand new track ‘Paco’ on its virtual flipside.

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