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Jetplane Landing are a four-piece post-hardcore band from Derry, Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1999 by ex-Cuckoo members, Andrew Ferris (guitar/vocals) and Jamie Burchell (bass) along with guitarist, Cahir O’Doherty and drummer, Raife Burchell. Drawing inspiration from ‘80s hardcore and associated with the British Post-Hardcore movement they released their debut album, 'Zero for Conduct' in 2001 and followed it up with 'Once Like a Spark' in 2003. Third album, 'Backlash Cop' [2007], incorporated funk and hip hop elements, inviting comparisons to political rockers Rage Against the Machine. The band took a break from playing live in 2007 and returned to public view six years later with new record 'Don't Try' and new drummer Craig McKean (ex-Fighting With Wire)....

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Jetplane Landing
Don't Try

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CHEAPSKATE TRICKS FOR WORN DOWN PEOPLE
BEAT GENERATION... HA!
CORTEZ & COLUMBUS
MY RADIO HEART
WALLS OF DERRY
BROKEN BY PEOPLE
THE LIGHTNING BIRD BLINDED BY MOONFIRE
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA TRAPPED INSIDE HIS HEAD
THE TREES FILL WITH SCREAMING BIRDS
MAGNETIC SEA

Description

A monster of an album, JPL are back in action with a full-force assault of our sound systems. Pure Jetplane start to finish, riff after riff after riff!

The band took a break from playing live in 2007 and return 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.

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STA100

Release Date
02 Sep 2013
Jetplane Landing
Backlash Cop

Tracklisting

Backlash Cop
White Music
Dizzy Gillespie For President
Lungs of Punk
Why Do They Never Play Les Savy Fav On The Radio?
The Breaks, PT.1
The Breaks, PT.2
Jameson Used The Claw
Sam Cooke
Climbing Up The Face Of Miles Davis
Us And The Ringside Stars
Hendrix Sur La Lune
Reprise
Song For Sonia Sanchez

Description

"Bold and thought provoking concept album from Jetplane Landing. Jetplane Landing come of age on their third studio album, recorded at the legendary Southern Studios with Harvey Birrell (Therapy?, Shudder To Think, Buzzcocks). The band make a stratospheric artistic leap on 'Backlash Cop' - the follow up to 2003's critically lauded 'Once Like A Spark' and 2001's 'Zero For Conduct'. Bristling with creative energy the quartet somersault and back-flip through genres on their most eclectic offering yet. From the old school hip hop of title track 'Backlash Cop' to the Minutemen-checking funk of 'Lungs Of Punk'; the classic soul groove of 'Sam Cooke' versus the spoken word provocation of 'Us And The Ringside Stars' this is a thrilling ride.

Jam-packed, with historical references both lyrically and musically the band ambitiously tackle subject matter as diverse as Dizzy Gillespie's 1964 US presidential campaign to frustration at not hearing enough Les Savy Fav on the radio. Audacious and far-reaching; brace yourself for thirty seven minutes of ferocious guitar trickery; thought provoking lyricism and crushingly funky drumming on 2007's most surprising record yet."

Catalog

STA037

Release Date
04 Jun 2007
Jetplane Landing
Beat Generation …Ha! (Single)

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Beat Generation …Ha!

Description

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."

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STA128

Release Date
02 Dec 2013
Jetplane Landing
Brave Gravity

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Brave Gravity
We Are The Pragmatists
The New Standard
Brave Gravity

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STA017

Release Date
31 May 2004
Jetplane Landing
Calculate The Risk

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Calculate The Risk
My Father's Hands

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STA012

Release Date
12 May 2003
Jetplane Landing
Els Quatre Gats

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Acrimony
Lights Out
My Fundamental Flaw
An Upheaval

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STA006

Release Date
22 May 2003
Jetplane Landing
I Opt Out

Tracklisting

I Opt Out
Sequel
Brothers/Sisters
I Opt Out - Video

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STA016

Release Date
23 Feb 2004
Jetplane Landing
Live At The Freebutt

Tracklisting

Acrimony (live)
New Standard (live)
Calculate the Risk (Live)
The Violence (Live)
My Fundamental Flaw (live)
Brave Gravity (Live)

Description

Recorded by Sam Brown at the Freebutt, Brighton during the height of JPL's touring onslaught of 2004.

Catalog

STA111

Release Date
30 Oct 2012
Jetplane Landing
Live At The London Lexington

Tracklisting

Acrimony Live @ London Lexington
I Opt Out Live @ London Lexington
Beat Generation…Ha! Live @ London Lexington
Backlash Cop Live @ London Lexington
Brave Gravity Live @ London Lexington
What The Argument Has Changed Live @ London Lexington
The Violence Live @ London Lexington
Magnetic Sea Live @ London Lexington
The New Standard Live @ London Lexington
Why Do They Never Play Les Savy Fav On The Radio Live @ London Lexington
Walls Of Derry Live @ London Lexington
Calculate The Risk Live @ London Lexington
This Is Not Revolution Rock Live @ London Lexington
There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Real Danger Live @ London Lexington

Description

When Béla Lugosi was trapped in his final death fight with the electric octopus in Ed Wood's 'Bride of the Monster' did he whine, did he complain? No, he got back in the saddle and put forth a perfectly professional performance.

Everyone has to face their own electric octopus at some time. When it became Jetplane Landing's time (after six years of hibernation and contemplation) to face their fears - their mollusc of justice if you like, this friends, is exactly, without any studio trickery or editing whatsoever, what they sounded like!

Vive La réalité.

Catalog

STA129

Release Date
02 Dec 2013
Jetplane Landing
My Radio Heart (Single)

Tracklisting

My Radio Heart
My Radio Heart Video

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STA124

Release Date
02 Sep 2013
Jetplane Landing
Once Like A Spark

Tracklisting

The Violence
Brave Gravity
I Opt Out
Calculate The Risk
Do It... Now!
Conventional Thought
Effect A Change
Tethered By All That We Know
The Strength Of Our Conviction
Writing The Ways Down
There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Real Danger

Description

Heavier and more commercial than its predecessor 'Zero For Conduct' [2001] but no less thrilling - in short this album is the fucking shit! Jetplane take their literate, high-wire punk act up a step both in terms of production value and lyrical invention on a 2nd record 'brimming with the same passionate, heartfelt intensity that made their first record so essential' according to Kerrang. Containing the singles 'Calculate The Risk' and 'Brave Gravity' this is the bands most accessible work to date and brought the band a legion of die-hard fans on it's initial release.

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STA014

Release Date
27 Oct 2003
Jetplane Landing
Summer Ends

Tracklisting

Summer Ends
Sleeps With The Light On

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STA004

Release Date
25 Feb 2003
Jetplane Landing
There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Real Danger

Tracklisting

There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Real Danger (Edit)
The Violence (Live SBN Radio Session)
I Opt Out (Live SBN Radio Session)
Calculate The Risk (Live SBN Radio Session)
The Strength Of Our Conviction (Live SBN Radio Session)
Angel With Broken Wings (Acoustic Demo Version)
Japan (Acoustic Demo Version)
Everywhere That Is In Need Of Repair (Acoustic Demo Version)
The Only Defence That I Have (Acoustic Demo Version)
Acrimony (Live At Islington Academy)
The New Standard (Live At Islington Academy)
Tethered By All That We Know (Live At Islington Academy)
I Opt Out (Live At Islington Academy)
The Violence (Live At Islington Academy)
Brave Gravity (Live At Islington Academy)
This Is Not Revolution Rock (Live At Islington Academy)
My Fundamental Flaw (Live At Islington Academy)
What The Arguement Has Changed (Live At Islington Academy)
Lights Out (Live At Islington Academy)
Calculate The Risk (Live At Islington Academy)
There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Real Danger (Live At Islington Academy)
Conventional Thought (Live At Islington Academy)
Effect A Change (Live At Islington Academy)

Description

A compilation of Jetplane demos, B-sides and live recordings.

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STA023

Release Date
04 Dec 2004
Jetplane Landing
This Is Not Revolution Rock

Tracklisting

This Is Not Revolution Rock
Atoms Dream In Technicolour

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STA003

Release Date
21 Oct 2001
Jetplane Landing
Zero For Conduct

Tracklisting

Tiny Bombs
This Is Not Revolution Rock
Underground Queen
Summer Ends
End Of The Night
What The Argument Has Changed
The Boy You Love To Hate
The Last Thing I Should Do
Interstate Five
Atoms Dream In Technicolour
A Miracle Of Science

Description

Hailed as a masterpeice upon it's original 2001 release, JPL's debut continues to be the band's defining musical statement. Containing the singles 'This Is Not Revolution Rock' and 'Summer Ends' the album was released to an underground and mainstream press fanfare. Delicate acoustic confessionals sit alongside full throated math-rock experimentation; this is an album as varied as it is ambitious - absolutely essential.

Catalog

STA001

Release Date
03 Sep 2001
Jetplane Landing
Zero For Conduct (Japan Release)

Tracklisting

Tiny Bombs
This Is Not Revolution Rock
Underground Queen
Summer Ends
End Of The Night
What The Argument Has Changed
The Boy You Love To Hate
The Last Thing I Should Do
Interstate Five
Atoms Dream In Technicolour
A Miracle Of Science

Description

Hailed as a masterpeice upon it's original 2001 release, JPL's debut continues to be the band's defining musical statement. Containing the singles 'This Is Not Revolution Rock' and 'Summer Ends' the album was released to an underground and mainstream press fanfare. Delicate acoustic confessionals sit alongside full throated math-rock experimentation; this is an album as varied as it is ambitious - absolutely essential.

Catalog

STA008

Release Date
01 Feb 2003
Jetplane Landing
Zero For Conduct (Re-Issue)

Tracklisting

Tiny Bombs
This Is Not Revolution Rock
Underground Queen
Summer Ends
End Of The Night
What The Argument Has Changed
The Boy You Love To Hate
The Last Thing I Should Do
Interstate Five
Atoms Dream In Technicolour
A Miracle Of Science

Description

Hailed as a masterpeice upon it's original 2001 release, JPL's debut continues to be the band's defining musical statement. Containing the singles 'This Is Not Revolution Rock' and 'Summer Ends' the album was released to an underground and mainstream press fanfare. Delicate acoustic confessionals sit alongside full throated math-rock experimentation; this is an album as varied as it is ambitious - absolutely essential.

Catalog

STA015

Release Date
11 Nov 2003
Jetplane Landing
Zero For Conduct plus Els Quatre Gats (Japan Release)

Tracklisting

Tiny Bombs
This Is Not Revolution Rock
Underground Queen
Summer Ends
End Of The Night
What The Argument Has Changed
The Boy You Love To Hate
The Last Thing I Should Do
Interstate Five
Atoms Dream In Technicolour
A Miracle Of Science

Acrimony
Lights Out
My Fundamental Flaw
An Upheaval

Catalog

STA009

Release Date
01 Feb 2003
Various
Acrimony/Wait Don't Fire (Split)

Tracklisting

Acrimony
Wait Don't Fire

Catalog

STA010

Release Date
01 Jun 2002