Description
Artist – Jetstream Pony
Release – Bowerbirds And Blue Things LP/CD
Side A
1. Sit And Wonder (3:27)
2. Frustration Can Cause Accidents (2:56)
3. “Bubblegum Nothingness” (3:37)
4. The Relativity Of Wrong (2:37)
5. Bonanza 2 Tango Sierra (5:22)
6. Birdland ’74 (3:07)
Side B
1. Only If You Want To (3:06)
2. Tendrils (3:15)
3. Bad Common Earth Connection (3:11)
4. Captain Palisade (2:41)
5. 3am (3:36)
6. Look Alive! (3:51)
Label – Spinout Nuggets / Shelflife Records
Cat No. – SN146 / LIFE220
Release date – 28th March 2025
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Jetstream Pony combine post-punk, indie-pop and power-pop, featuring Beth Arzy (The Luxembourg Signal/Trembling Blue Stars/Aberdeen) on vocals and percussion, Shaun Charman (The Wedding Present/The Popguns/The Fireworks) on guitar and vocals, Kerry Boettcher (Turbocat) on bass, Tom Levesley on drums, and recently joined by Mark Matthews (The Dentists/The Treasures Of Mexico) on guitar.
The group released their debut single ‘Like You Less / Had Enough’ in late 2017, on Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten. Two sold out singles followed, leading up to the self-titled debut studio album on KUS/Shelflife Records in May 2020. The album received fantastic reviews, selling out two pressings before being reissued (twice) by Spinout Nuggets in the Autumn and reaching many best-of-year lists.
Another single release, ‘If Not Now, When?’, also sold out later in 2020, and a following mini-album ‘Misplaced Words’ arrived in December 2021, developing the sound from the debut with a balance between indie-pop and something darker – twelve-string guitar and harmonies, but underpinned by heavy bass, and sometimes a two-drummer rhythm section.
Jetstream Pony return with a new full length album ‘Bowerbirds and Blue Things’, for release in March 2025 on Spinout Nuggets in the UK, and Shelflife Records in North America. The band’s evolution continues, and there are branches into new territory.
‘The Relativity of Wrong’ is driven by heavy bass, a tale of youthful misbehaviour, with guest vocals from Eleni Poulou, formerly of The Fall. ‘Tendrils’ has a darker presence, sung by Kerry, echoing and ghostly. ‘Bonanza 2 Tango Sierra’ and ‘Look Alive!’ both have a driving feel, and the power-pop is still intact with songs like “Bubblegum Nothingness”.
‘Bowerbirds And Blue Things’ is a varied album that keeps the underlying Jetstream Pony sound, but with real development.
Limited to 1000 copies on vinyl, 900 in black, and 100 in white (monorail and Rough Trade specials), and also on CD.
Line Up:
Beth Arzy – Vocals, Percussion
Shaun Charman – Guitar, Vocals
Kerry Boettcher – Bass Guitar, Vocals
Mark Matthews – Adjacent Guitars
Tom Levesley – Drums
Notes:
Produced and mixed by Tony Bryant at Sunny Studio, Hove, East Sussex.
Hannes Mueller drums and Eleni Poulou vocals recorded at studios in Germany.
Mastered by by Jim Riley at Ranscombe Studios, Rochester, Kent.
Artwork by Carol Sleatory.
