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Jet Reveal Cover Art, Tracklisting

News posted Friday, May 1 2009 at 04:00 AM.
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OK, so it’s no Cosmic Egg, but the title of Jet’s new album is just as perplexing. The band will release Shaka Rock, which may or may not be a reference to a Zulu warrior or a yoga pose, on August 25.

The album opens with lead-off single ‘K.I.A (Killed in Action), which we described as an “over-produced slice of power-pop glam”. It also features ‘She’s A Genius’, which made its live debut at the Sound Relief concert in Melbourne in March.

Tracklisting:

K.I.A. (Killed in Action)
Beat on Repeat
She’s a Genius
Black Hearts (On Fire)
Seventeen
La Di Da
Goodbye Hollywood
Walk
Times Like This
Let Me Out
Start The Show
She Holds A Grudge

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whatwhat  said about 10 months ago:

on ivy league?


bigdaddykane  said about 10 months ago:

Nah, EMI.


Goal attack  said about 10 months ago:

More Malcolm Mclaren methinks:


nothroughroad  said about 10 months ago:

thats aaaaaaaawesome


astralwerkor  said about 10 months ago:

It'd actually be quite a good cover if it weren't for the horrendous album title written in graffiti.


wipey  said about 10 months ago:

K.I.A. (Killed in Action)

topical War song, Yay!
Beat on Repeat
This is about using a recycled drum kit
She’s a Genius
This is about my mum
Black Hearts (On Fire)
Racist
Seventeen
Pedo
La Di Da
Yeah, big deal!
Goodbye Hollywood
Awww Didems! is this a suck up? Will we see one of the Cesters acting in a movie soon? I won't be surprised
Walk
Eeerrrgh!*
Let Me Out
**David Hicks suck up song

Start The Show
It's about this gig they played one time in Italy and it took ages to start the show and they were like ''Can we start the show already''
She Holds A Grudge
As if she woudn't you guys are a bunch of cunts


josejones  said about 10 months ago:

Is 'Black Hearts (On Fire)', a reference to a Cut Copy song??


shaun  said about 10 months ago:

'Black Hearts (On Fire)'

This means the songs chorus will probably go something like ''on fire! on fire!''. The label wanted to insist on thus calling the song 'On Fire' so dumbarses would know which song they were listening to. Jet were all like ''stop trampling our artistic vision, it's called Black Hearts for (insert stupid pansy reason)'' but eventually settled on a compromise.


__v  said about 10 months ago:

I would listen to a song called ''Blackheads (On Fire)''.


basil seal  said about 10 months ago:

didn't bernard black burn down black books in one episode?


__v  said about 10 months ago:

''Blackie's (On Fire)'', a tender ballad about the time the firebreathing bit in ''Suck and Swallow'' went terribly wrong.

(I hope this never happened).


FrankieTeardrop  said about 10 months ago:

wipey's post is probably better than the actual album. And it only took 2 minutes to write.


drugshakehands  said about 10 months ago:

wouldn't the on fire link be an attempt to cash in on the kings of leon?


temporarybenbutler  said about 10 months ago:

And it only took 2 minutes to write.

The difference with the new Jet album being?


wipey  said about 10 months ago:

The difference with the new Jet album being?

2 minutes to rip off


SPOD  said about 10 months ago:

Wow, they've just admitted to being Shaka Rock? amazing. 1 point for tha fuckin' shakas!


FrankieTeardrop  said about 10 months ago:

I don't get it? Jet are neither Zulus, nor warriors of any kind.


registradus  said about 10 months ago:

Worst Album Cover of the Year. 10:1 odds. any takers?


esquared  said about 10 months ago:

yeah its incredibly bad


basil seal  said about 10 months ago:

yeah its incredibly bad

honestly thought it was a pisstake


annehelena  said about 10 months ago:

I actually think it's a pretty cool cover. I find it hard to believe there'd be this much criticism if it instead said 'ESCR' in the top right hand corner...


annehelena  said about 10 months ago:

Or ECSR, even.


whale  said about 10 months ago:

even with the album title looking as it does?


ed  said about 10 months ago:


TagoMago  said about 10 months ago:

And Australia releases another load of its sewage onto the world.


Charles Dumar  said about 10 months ago:

FrankieTeardrop said 21 hours ago:
wipey's post is probably better than the actual album. And it only took 2 minutes to write.

Is it to late to give this a POD?


Pjeony  said about 10 months ago:

If anyone in Melbourne is interested...
there is a Jet belt buckle for sale in a new recycled clothing store on Nicholson st in the Carlton/Fitzroy area. Might be good way of showing your dislike of the band in an inventive/ironic way. A clever musician could could even wear it on stage....Funnier than most of the posts here without typing a word!


TagoMago  said about 10 months ago:

I'd sooner welcome the news of a death of close relative.


unvisible  said about 10 months ago:

They should have used a deliberately shit painting or a deliberately shit black and white photo and then they could have made the 2009 Mess+Noise Official Best Album Covers list. (If they played deliberately shit indie rock.)


montyclift  said about 10 months ago:

meh. looks like the cover of any album by any fourth division american rock band.


timewaster  said about 10 months ago:

It's a lot better than the photo on the cover of 'Shine On'.

But the hip-hop graff will confuse people. Jet are not a hip-hop band. It's looks like the cover of a Resin Dogs record (which is best used as a drinks coaster).

Funny, when Jet started the guys would NEVER have approved a cover like that. They were very proud to be retro!

Is their new manager trying to make them look 'hip' or, even, gasp, 'edgy'?

I wonder if they'll still be dressing in posey cowboy boots, girls' Levis and western shirts... or will Chris have a giant clock hanging around his neck?


temporarybenbutler  said about 10 months ago:

I wonder if they'll still be dressing in posey cowboy boots, girls' Levis and western shirts... or will Chris have a giant cock hanging around his neck?

Fixed.


hyperfuzz  said about 10 months ago:

why does this remind me of this?


crackwhore  said about 10 months ago:

pretty sure their new manager is Buck Cherrys former manager.


Charles Dumar  said about 10 months ago:

''Shit sandwich''


adamdmills  said about 10 months ago:

I actually think it's a pretty cool cover. I find it hard to believe there'd be this much criticism if it instead said 'ECSR' in the top right hand corner...

the lady has a point.


adamdmills  said about 10 months ago:

actually, the graffiti is pretty naff, but it's hardly the worst album cover of recent times. fabulous diamonds, anyone?


loveparade  said about 10 months ago:

haha, i love that diamonds cover...possibly because it is horrible


esquared  said about 10 months ago:

i just plain love the fab d's cover.

if this was an ecsr cover i'd be even more wtf.


Kez  said about 10 months ago:

Band name in top right-hand cover (especially short names) = price sticker positioned RIGHT over the top of it. Great for your UK HMV display!


HorseCockPhepner  said about 10 months ago:

Whats the fucking point of reviewing Jet on this website?


kuroneko  said about 10 months ago:

annehelena said:
I actually think it's a pretty cool cover. I find it hard to believe there'd be this much criticism if it instead said 'ESCR' in the top right hand corner...

Nah, a bad cover is a bad cover no matter what you think of the band.


shaun  said about 10 months ago:

the cover isn't bad. i like the colours.


kuroneko  said about 10 months ago:

Reminds me of the Audioslave cover for some reason.


*Tardo-El-Eggo*  said about 10 months ago:

Yah, have to say it got my attention, BUT ''Shaka Rock'' ??

When are aussie bands going to move on from Boogie Rock days?... bloody mushroom records


drtoupee  said about 10 months ago:

Looks cool, a bit Pink Floydish except the crappy graffitti style heading.


Hip Priest  said about 10 months ago:

i like the cover


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