Jet Reveal Cover Art, Tracklisting
News posted Friday, May 1 2009 at 04:00 AM.
Related: Jet.
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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on ivy league?
Nah, EMI.
More Malcolm Mclaren methinks:
thats aaaaaaaawesome
It'd actually be quite a good cover if it weren't for the horrendous album title written in graffiti.
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
Is 'Black Hearts (On Fire)', a reference to a Cut Copy song??
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.
I would listen to a song called ''Blackheads (On Fire)''.
didn't bernard black burn down black books in one episode?
''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).
wipey's post is probably better than the actual album. And it only took 2 minutes to write.
wouldn't the on fire link be an attempt to cash in on the kings of leon?
The difference with the new Jet album being?
2 minutes to rip off
Wow, they've just admitted to being Shaka Rock? amazing. 1 point for tha fuckin' shakas!
I don't get it? Jet are neither Zulus, nor warriors of any kind.
Worst Album Cover of the Year. 10:1 odds. any takers?
yeah its incredibly bad
honestly thought it was a pisstake
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...
Or ECSR, even.
even with the album title looking as it does?
And Australia releases another load of its sewage onto the world.
Is it to late to give this a POD?
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!
I'd sooner welcome the news of a death of close relative.
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.)
meh. looks like the cover of any album by any fourth division american rock band.
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?
Fixed.
why does this remind me of this?
pretty sure their new manager is Buck Cherrys former manager.
''Shit sandwich''
the lady has a point.
actually, the graffiti is pretty naff, but it's hardly the worst album cover of recent times. fabulous diamonds, anyone?
haha, i love that diamonds cover...possibly because it is horrible
i just plain love the fab d's cover.
if this was an ecsr cover i'd be even more wtf.
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!
Whats the fucking point of reviewing Jet on this website?
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.
the cover isn't bad. i like the colours.
Reminds me of the Audioslave cover for some reason.
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
Looks cool, a bit Pink Floydish except the crappy graffitti style heading.
i like the cover