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We Were Promised Jetpacks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Biffy Clyro, Bear Hands, The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit. Those roots explain a lot about how We Were Promised Jetpacks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Twilight Sad, Owl John, There Will Be Fireworks, The Joy Formidable and Tokyo Police Club, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World and Bear Hands, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around We Were Promised Jetpacks, reaching back through Biffy Clyro and forward to Manchester Orchestra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
We Were Promised Jetpacks are a Scottish indie rock band originally from Edinburgh, formed in 2003. The band consists of Adam Thompson, Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums). Stuart McGachan was a member of the band from 2012 to 2015. On 2 July 2019, founding member Michael Palmer (guitar) announced that he was leaving the band.
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We Were Promised Jetpacks connections
We Were Promised Jetpacks grew out of Biffy Clyro, Bear Hands, The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, shares an orbit with The Twilight Sad, Owl John, There Will Be Fireworks and The Joy Formidable, went on to shape Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World and Bear Hands. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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