From All Music:-
Half bracing post-punk and half tuneful indie pop, Glasgow’s We Were Promised Jetpacks feature vocalist/guitarist Adam Thompson, guitarist Michael Palmer, bassist Sean Smith, and drummer Darren Lackie. The group formed while the four were still attending an Edinburgh high school, where they won a battle of the bands contest with their very first gig. After graduation, the band relocated to Glasgow, and their sound matured as well, moving from simple song structures and clean guitars to a more ambitious, anthemic approach. They were also inspired by The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, and these influences could be heard on the three-song demo the band recorded, which received airplay on BBC, XFM, and Q Radio in the U.K., and KEXP in the States.
In 2008, We Were Promised Jetpacks toured as Frightened Rabbit’s opening act; that year, they were signed by Fat Cat Records (also home to both Frightened Rabbit and the Twilight Sad). In 2009, two singles, Quiet Little Voices and Roll Up Your Sleeves, preceeded their full-length These Four Walls.
They followed up the next year with the EP The Last Place You’ll Look, which featured some unreleased tracks and more orchestral rearrangements of some of the songs from their previous album.
In 2011, the band returned with another full-length effort, the more driving In the Pit of the Stomach. While they toured in support of the album, they recorded E Rey: Live in Philadelphia, a live album named after the band’s tour manager that was released in early 2014. During that time they also recorded their third album, Unravelling, with producer Paul Savage, which arrived in October 2014. Shortly before the album’s release, multi-instrumentalist Stuart McGachan joined as the band’s fifth member.
As you might imagine, I’ve seen We Were Promised Jetpacks a fair few times – particularly when they were very busy establishing a name for themselves back in 2008 and 2009, and they rarely disappointed. They’ve sort of disappeared off my personal radar in recent times although just over a year ago they played a great set in support of The Twilight Sad at the Barrowlands. I notice that they are playing in King Tut’s next month and there’s a fair chance that I’ll head along and give the new material a try. In the meantime, here’s the debut single:-
mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks – Let’s Call This A Map
Enjoy
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
The recent LP, ‘Unravelling’, is superb. The same but different, as Martin Hannett might have said. Wish I’d heard it a lot earlier than I did as one or two of the tracks might have featured in my best of 2014 compilation. Oh, and Happy New Year ye auld, grumpy so-and-so! Must get out for a beer soon.