Bowerbirds And Blue Things is the latest album by Indie supergroup Jetstream Pony who are based in Croydon and Brighton and are Beth Arzy, Shaun Charman, Kerry Boettcher, Tom Levesley, Mark Matthews and guest appearances by Eleni Poulou, Hannes Muller, Tony Bryant and Lee Grimshaw. It was recorded and mixed at Sunny Studio in Hove by Tony Bryant.
The album opens with Sit And Wonder a cool calm slice of jangling indie pop with gorgeous female vocals, you sit and wonder why they aren't huge stars, or if it's Lush or the Marine Girls this most reminds you of, or does it just sound like a perfect Sarah Records tune.
Frustration Can Cause Accidents sounds like it could explain the opening to the Netflix drama 7 Seconds perfectly, a cool drum pattern and shards of crisp guitar adorn the twin vocals, explaining their exasperation at how things are.
Bubblegum Nothingness is all about the album title and other connected things on this cool jangling indie pop anthem with rather deep lyrics.
The Relativity Of Wrong adds Eleni Poulou's deep mysterious vocals to the mix for this song that asks all sorts of questions, how did things ended up going so wrong, guitars building intensively at the realisation of the situation.
Bonanza 2 Tango Sierra is a title that sounds like it comes from daytime telly, repeating riff slowly mutates shifting in a Primitives meets Salvation Sunday kind of way, memories are always and forever swirling round your brain.
Birdland '74 is this about an early version of Patti Smith's monumental tune or something that happened at the venerable club back in '74, either way they want a word in your ear about it, I'd advise listening to them and enjoying the space in the guitar playing.
Only If You Want Me To is a duet for a better world and permission to do the things you want to do, together with each other, guitars wrap us in a comfortable blanket of sound, full of echo and shimmering effects.
Tendrils seductive vocals from Beth leading you into a world of fakery and despondency, how can you do anything with a full on migraine like this.
Bad Common Earth Connection is a tune for the over self-entitled and everything they believe it is there right to have, slowly evolving jangle pop hides how bitter they are about these prigs, who none of us can believe still sleep at nights.
Captain Palisade has super insistent drumming for the wonderfully reverb encased vocals and greasy loose bassline, helping to explain Captain Palisades world.
3am is reflections of all those nights you were still out till 3am, up to good and no good, was that really you I saw, or just your ghostlike vision.
The album closes with Look Alive! That isn't barked at us like they are a drill sergeant or football coach, insistent jangling guitars, will draw you out of your dreams, making you go and prove just how alive you really are.
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