Oh Mystery Jets I adore you!
So Mystery Jet's best song is finally coming out as a single-their final one off the album at that. Skipping them supporting the Futureheads at QMU in May, and then again with Semifinalists, I first saw them at the NME Awards tour in Glasgow in January, but only half caught their set as I was arguing with the We Are Scientists' tour manager over getting the photo pass that I had already arranged, but wasn't on the list for. The next night I saw them in Edinburgh and actually got to watch them a bit and they were fantastic, mostly because I really attached to their song 'Diamonds in the Dark'.
A little over a month later they set about doing an in-store tour and it was the most magical in-store performance I have ever witnessed! Here is a video I shot of them performing 'Diamonds in the Dark' at Glasgow HMV. Wanna know all about the magic? Click the vid, and then read the commentary about it on youtube from me and another person who was there.
Now of course it's not easy to buy a single in the States like it is in the UK, but there's itunes, and I will attempt to utilize ordering it online from a store so I can have a physical copy in my hands. And it's been extended to EP length, the other tracks on the disc have been recorded by Erol Alkan! Yay!-Mystery Jets are getting trashed!




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