Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Eoin Carey We Were Promised Jetpacks were in the US for a few shows earlier this summer including two in NYC, and they'll be returning for a lengthier tour in the fall. The new dates bring them back... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — WWPJ at River Rocks last night (photo by Anne Helmond) Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks just played a big free NYC show at River Rocks on Pier 84 last night (7/23), and now they added a much smaller not-free one... more info

Stereogum — One of Scotland’s finest sad-rock exports, We Were Promised Jetpacks released their third album Unravelling toward the end of last year. Today they’ve released a heavy, dramatic video for the “A Part Of It,” which features some gorgeous green... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual free Hudson River Rocks concert series on Pier 84 returns this summer with three shows. On July 9 it's Waxahatchee (who was here earlier this month) and special guests; on July 23 it's Scotland's We Were Promised... more info

Stereogum — We’ve already heard two tracks from Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpack’s third full-length album Unravelling: “I Keep It Composed” and “Safety In Numbers” were tantalizing first tastes of what we can now fully devour. Recorde... more info

Stereogum — Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks put out their third album, Unraveling, earlier this year, and it included the single “I Keep It Composed.” That song already sounded like it could soundtrack a good video, and the one they’ve come up with... more info

Stereogum — In an era when many formerly blog-hyped indie rock bands with terrible names have descended into obscurity, Scottish wailers We Were Promised Jetpacks are still going strong, and their third album Unraveling is set to arrive this fall. After sharing ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher WWPJ (photo by Eoin Carey) Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks already put out one single from their upcoming third album, Unraveling (due out 10/14 via FatCat, pre-order), and we've now got the premiere of an Audiotree session... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Johnny Foreigner released their slept-on fourth album, You Can Do Better. For whatever reason, the British four-piece never completely gained a foothold on this side of the pond in the way that contemporaries Los Campesinos or We W... more info

Stereogum — We Were Promised Jetpacks is part of a triumvirate of fine Scottish sad-sack indie rockers on Fat Cat that also includes Frightened Rabbit and the Twilight Sad. The Jetpack crew splits the difference between Frightened Rabbit’s straightforward, amp... more info