Jets To Brazil (Official Thread)

[CellarGhosts]

Jawbreaker was better, but whatever. still a solid band.

and yes, Perfecting Loneliness is better than Orange Rhyming Dictionary. contrary to popular belief.

[wewascontenders]

Perfecting Loneliness is great. I really need to listen to this band more.

[CellarGhosts]

It is. "Psalm" is such a terrific song. Blake's voice fits the tone/mood so well.

[versus_god]

I've only heard Orange Rhyming Dictionary. Wanna fight?

[CellarGhosts]

I've only heard Orange Rhyming Dictionary. Wanna fight?
pow pow, jab jab.

I tried to find a link to Perfecting Loneliness but no such luck. :-(

[nightskies]

i agree. and nothing beats four cornered night.

[Osto]

I love Orange Rhyming Dictionary. The other records have some pretty good songs.

[Dr. Acula]

One of those bands no one would care about if this were a 'new' band.

I think thats untrue and I'm pretty sure I can remember threads in the past where you've said you were a fan of this band. I'll have to investigate.

Anyway, ORD > PL > FCN

ORD and PL are so damn good but Im still gonna say ORD is in fact better. Cmon, it has "Sweet Avenue"

[Dr. Acula]

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=208374&highlight=jets+to+brazil

This band gets love elsewhere just not this site. I prefer Jawbreaker for the record but Jets to Brazil are great too.

[CellarGhosts]

I think thats untrue and I'm pretty sure I can remember threads in the past where you've said you were a fan of this band. I'll have to investigate.

Anyway, ORD > PL > FCN

ORD and PL are so damn good but Im still gonna say ORD is in fact better. Cmon, it has "Sweet Avenue"
Haha, "Sweet Avenue" is indeed awesome. but Perfecting Loneliness just strikes more of a chord with me than ORD does.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=208374&highlight=jets+to+brazil
haha so there's another thread already? maybe I had some sort of typo or something when I searched.

whatever though, this thread is better. :biggrin:

and nice sleuthing, Eric. ha.

[ThemChains]

One of those bands no one would care about if this were a 'new' band.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=208374&highlight=jets+to+brazil

Is he really saying that he doesn't like any certain band within that statement? Read it carefully.

[SickOfStars]

I'm with ben on this one.

chris kilo was the other day too, but apparently since then he's gone through a JTB renaissance, no doubt inspired by that very conversation.

[CellarGhosts]

I'm with ben on this one.

chris kilo was the other day too, but apparently since then he's gone through a JTB renaissance, no doubt inspired by that very conversation.
haha I remember that. it was probably poor wording on my part. I've always enjoyed JTB to a degree, but I listened through both ORD and PL not too long after that, (so yea I would say it was inspired by the convo) and decided I liked them more than I thought I did.

[thesafeword]

Listening to Perfecting Loneliness for the first time in awhile, so I decided to bump this.

[SwiftSilentDead]

"You're The One I Want" is such a great song.

[mybreakingpoint]

heard JTB for the first time over break; my aunt owned an album of their's. i didn't like it at all.

then last week Nathan Lint made me listen to a different one of their albums (i wish i could remember the names of each of these, but i'm too lazy to wiki them right now), and i love it.

i could definitely get into these guys.

[Wobbie]

S.O.S., JTB!! :-d

[SanePsychotic]

I've yet to really listen to this band. I've heard a few songs which I thought were alright, but not enough to make me want to listen to a whole album.

[Osto]

Orange Rhyming Dictionary is Jawbreaker worthy, the following two...meh.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Orange Rhyming Dictionary is great.

[Dr. Acula]

Orange Rhyming Dictionary is Jawbreaker worthy, the following two...meh.

Disagree. Perfecting Loneliness is ace.

[Osto]

Disagree. Perfecting Loneliness is ace.


The album really does nothing for me...I really don't understand the appeal for it here. I've given it plenty of chances, it's not like I'm just auto writting it off. I mean, the first few songs are great, but the second half doesn't really stand out to me at all. I'm sure one day I'm going to listen to it and it will click, that tends to happen a lot to me. Agree that ORD is the best of the three though?

[Dr. Acula]

The album really does nothing for me...I really don't understand the appeal for it here. I've given it plenty of chances, it's not like I'm just auto writting it off. I mean, the first few songs are great, but the second half doesn't really stand out to me at all. I'm sure one day I'm going to listen to it and it will click, that tends to happen a lot to me. Agree that ORD is the best of the three though?

Yeah. For me, looks something like: ORD > PL > FCN

[SwiftSilentDead]

Orange Rhyming Dictionary is my favorite album from them but I've been listening to Perfecting Loneliness a lot more lately.

[Osto]

I just tried to listen to Perfecting Loneliness again. I just couldn't finish it. The album is just too damn long and there isn't enough variation to hold my attention. I got to Autumn Walker and just had to stop. I really wish I could like this album, but I just can't.

[Wobbie]

Disagree. Perfecting Loneliness is ace.

I agree. Such a good album. I really love Four Cornered Night also. I just don't get the hate for it :shrug:

[Dr. Acula]

I agree. Such a good album. I really love Four Cornered Night also. I just don't get the hate for it :shrug:

Im not sure but I also dig FCN. Never understood the hate for them either. Perfecting Loneliness is so damn good.

[rainman]

all three albums are good but only Orange Rhyming has the Jawbreaker edginess to it, which is why I prefer it. if you are more into softer indie the latter two will suit you best.

[Wobbie]

Yeah, true. I'm into Jawbreaker and a lot of softer indie pop stuff. So maybe that's why i love them all.

Definitely can't wait for The Thorns Of Life though. His voice on the two acoustic songs sounds great!

[rainman]

I haven't heard any updates on The Thorns of Life since November... do you have any news? have they recorded anything?

[Wobbie]

I haven't heard any updates on The Thorns of Life since November... do you have any news? have they recorded anything?

Not yet, but soon. Blake said they are going to self-release it.

http://www.silversprocket.net/blog/?p=1313

Have you heard the two acoustic songs yet? They should be in the Jawbreaker thread i think.

[rainman]

cool, thanks.

a set they played at Gilman a few weeks back is on Soulseek so I'm going to grab that too.

[Osto]

We really should just have a combined Jawbreaker Jets to Brazil Thorns of Life Official thread.

[Wobbie]

cool, thanks.

a set they played at Gilman a few weeks back is on Soulseek so I'm going to grab that too.

Oh shit, i downloaded that last week, but forgot to unzip it and listen, hahaha. Thanks for reminding me!!

[rainman]

hopefully the vocals are audible

[Wobbie]

Oh shit, i downloaded that last week, but forgot to unzip it and listen, hahaha. Thanks for reminding me!!

Oh wait, no. It was a San Diego set. If you get the Gilman show, could you upload it?

[rainman]

thing is I have a 10GB bandwith quota before I have to start paying so I'm not going to download the whole thing but what I do get, I'll upload

[Wobbie]

Ok, yeah, i understand. :-) Might have a look around the net, see if i can find a link first. Thanks though.

[Wobbie]

YES!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?juyym4utqg3

1. [introduction]
2. My First Time
3. Available
4. [guitar]
3. I Hate New York
4. [how does it sound?]
5. Black Art
6. [more vocals]
7. Oh Deadly Death
8. Kryptonite
9. [bringing scariness back]
10. Vivid Green
11. [tuning]
12. Ribbon Head
13. [Donald Barthelme]
14. Not a Track Bike
15. [tamales]
16. Subway
17. We Build Al Qaeda in Washington
18. [encore]
19. From a Tower

[rainman]

yep, that's it

the two songs I have listened to actually aren't half-bad. I feared it might be boringly adult-indie but it doesn't appear that way. this could be pretty cool.

[rainman]

also it seems as if some of these are overtly political, something that was shied away from in Jawbreaker and Jets.

[Wobbie]

Yeah, i've noticed the edgier sound from the stuff i've heard. Blake has said that it's pretty much a mix of the two bands, plus something new.

[Wobbie]

Listening to the bootleg now, and the quality is pretty good!! You can hear the vocals fine, and nothing is distorted. Songs themselves sound amazing!!

[kearn1tm]

Jawbreaker was better, but whatever. still a solid band.

Eh. I prefer Jets to Brazil...

and yes, Perfecting Loneliness is better than Orange Rhyming Dictionary. contrary to popular belief.

...and adore Orange Rhyming Dictionary much more than Perfecting Loneliness. Chinatown is a brilliant track.

[CellarGhosts]

Eh. I prefer Jets to Brazil...



...and adore Orange Rhyming Dictionary much more than Perfecting Loneliness. Chinatown is a brilliant track.
They're both great albums, I've just always preferred Perfecting Loneliness for whatever reason. "Chinatown" would probably be my favorite from ORD (either that or "Sweet Avenue"), so agreed.

[kearn1tm]

They're both great albums, I've just always preferred Perfecting Loneliness for whatever reason. "Chinatown" would probably be my favorite from ORD (either that or "Sweet Avenue"), so agreed.

Yeah, I'm not claiming it's better, just that Orange Rhyming Dictionary is my preferred album. Both are fantastic.

[element4433]

Orange Rhyming Dictionary is my favorite. "Conrad" and "King Medicine" blow me away every time I listen.

[Dr. Acula]

Bump.

God damn, I miss this band. Spinning some Perfecting Loneliness - one of my all time favorite Fall/Winter albums.