Hotly tipped Inverness five piece Jyrojets release their eponymous debut album. From the opening feedback of first track Dead On Arrival
(which is released as a digital single on 9th of June), the band's debut leads you through a world of Saturday nights, bruised hearts and sexual
tension. Thirteen anthemic rock songs (plus a final hidden track), all of which would not sound out of place in a stadium. Describing their
sound as a heavy kick of Nirvana with Simon & Garfunkel harmonies, Beatlesque melodies and plenty of attitude, frontman Colin Fraser's
raspy vocals add a profound intensity to the band's body of work.
Dead on Arrival is also the soundtrack to '20 Cigarettes', the highly acclaimed Russian movie which will premiere in the UK early June.
SUNDAY HERALD REVIEW:
"MANCHESTER had The Smiths, Dublin had U2 and now, putting the Highlands firmly on the map, a monster of rock is emerging from the Ness.
The stomping, many-scaled beast that is Invernesian upstart band Jyrojets is rude, rough and unsure of itself - but packs enough quality on this
debut album to awe the kids into submission. Opener Dead On Arrival is a cracker, with pristine synth riffs slicing cleanly through Colin
Fraser's gravelly vocals and the group's grungy, college-rock melodies, which suggests influences from Faith No More to Busted. The lyrics are
patchy: hollow-sounding Americanisms and juvenile fantasies about winning the lottery to stick two fingers up at an ex-girlfriend try the
listener's patience. Musically, too, the monster gets saggy around the middle. But with gems like I Don't Think You Hurt to enjoy, it's churlish
to complain: this is promising stuff. Inverness, once dull and dreary but now energetic and interesting, couldn't ask for better poster boy!"
(which is released as a digital single on 9th of June), the band's debut leads you through a world of Saturday nights, bruised hearts and sexual
tension. Thirteen anthemic rock songs (plus a final hidden track), all of which would not sound out of place in a stadium. Describing their
sound as a heavy kick of Nirvana with Simon & Garfunkel harmonies, Beatlesque melodies and plenty of attitude, frontman Colin Fraser's
raspy vocals add a profound intensity to the band's body of work.
Dead on Arrival is also the soundtrack to '20 Cigarettes', the highly acclaimed Russian movie which will premiere in the UK early June.
SUNDAY HERALD REVIEW:
"MANCHESTER had The Smiths, Dublin had U2 and now, putting the Highlands firmly on the map, a monster of rock is emerging from the Ness.
The stomping, many-scaled beast that is Invernesian upstart band Jyrojets is rude, rough and unsure of itself - but packs enough quality on this
debut album to awe the kids into submission. Opener Dead On Arrival is a cracker, with pristine synth riffs slicing cleanly through Colin
Fraser's gravelly vocals and the group's grungy, college-rock melodies, which suggests influences from Faith No More to Busted. The lyrics are
patchy: hollow-sounding Americanisms and juvenile fantasies about winning the lottery to stick two fingers up at an ex-girlfriend try the
listener's patience. Musically, too, the monster gets saggy around the middle. But with gems like I Don't Think You Hurt to enjoy, it's churlish
to complain: this is promising stuff. Inverness, once dull and dreary but now energetic and interesting, couldn't ask for better poster boy!"
