Mystery Jets is an English four-piece indie band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London. The band's first line-up consisted of Blaine on drums, William on guitar and Henry [Blaine's father] on bass. Henry became a second guitarist in the band and they were joined by Kai on bass, as well as Tamara on keyboards. The band at this time recorded an eponymous EP with Aswad producer Nick Sykes. Blaine [whose voice had yet to break] took lead vocals. Tamara left the band, and Blaine switched from drums to keyboards. The band had a brief stint with a friend of Will [known only as Max] on drums, but he was unreliable and for a time a drum machine was used. The band advertised on internet message boards for a drummer and found Kapil. The Eel Pie Island EP was recorded soon after, and then the band issued its first proper single, a limited edition 7" of 'Zoo Time', on Transgressive Records. They went on to sign to 679 Recordings. After a number of singles in 2005, the start of 2006 saw the band gain their highest charting single with 'The Boy Who Ran Away', play the ShockWaves NME Awards Tour and make their first appearance on Top of the Pops. The band's debut UK album, Making Dens, was released on March 6th 2006.
'Twenty One' is the second album from psychedelic indie act Mystery Jets. Produced by indie-electro super-producer Erol Alkan, the album also features indie-folk starlet Laura Marling. The album includes the single 'Young Love', and also includes a hidden track 'Twenty One', which I have extracted for your listening convenience and called track 12.
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Tracks:
01 Hideaway
02 Young Love [Ft. Laura Marling]
03 Half In Love With Elizabeth
04 Flakes
05 Veiled In Grey
06 Two Doors Down
07 MJ
08 Umbrellahead
09 Hand Me Down
10 First To Know
11 Behind The Bunhouse
Hidden Track:
12 Twenty One
Mystery Jets - Young Love [2008]
