The band's youthful energy (their average age is 21) explodes thunderously as colossal choruses fall unfailingly into place. Every space is filled, tension bristling achingly in Thompson's vocal delivery as the rest of the band crashes around him with a perfect balance of force and harmony. The romanticism and accessibility of a pure pop sensibility is never hidden too deep. Both 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' and lead-off single 'Quiet Little Voices' capture this beautifully, immediately. The product of Ken Thomas' (Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie etc.) studio mastery and Peter Katis' (Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, The National etc.) mixing, the recording of These Four Walls was almost entirely live, with only minimal overdubs, and the band members' collected passion and intuition is translated into a pure, precise form.
Assembled in Edinburgh as high school friends in 2003, We Were Promised Jetpacks' first ever gig saw them winning their school's battle of the bands competition. Proceeding shows were after-school performances around the city of Edinburgh which were well attended and fuelled the band with a hunger and ambition. The 4-piece came to FatCat's attention when listening to some of the friends on the Frightened Rabbit Myspace page. Before even releasing a single, WWPJ have laid claim to some recent successes which suggest the heralding of a major talent bursting to emerge. A well recorded three-track demo was circulated and managed to pick up a KEXP track of the day over the pond, and plays on national stations in the UK were popping up on XFM, BBC and Q radio. Already WWPJ have been reviewed by NME, featured as Q's Track of the Day and been played on Zane Lowe to great acclaim, even winning a recent 'Fresh Meat' competition with a demo version of 'Quiet Little Voices'. In March, the band traveled to SXSW, performed with the likes of Primal Scream and Glasvegas and garnered reviews from WIRED, Vanity Fair, Brooklyn Vegan and The Fly, among others. Every show after June 9th is headlining, as well.

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