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Alex - Vocals / Drums | Rob - Guitar / Vocals | Giacomo - Bass / Vocals | Agostino - Guitar
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JET MARKET - Sparks Against Darkness
Australian listeners got their first taste of Jet Market last year via Pee Records’ three-way international split. On that outing, the Italian punks did quite admirably, even managing to outperform local favourites Burning Fiction.
On the group’s debut album Sparks From Darkness, Jet Market continue largely where they last left off, producing a solid album with a well developed sound that is sure to find an audience both within Australia and abroad.
While Jet Market predominantly fall under the banner of tech-punk (along the same lines as groups like No Trigger and A Wilhelm Scream), the band’s sound is largely defined by their willingness to move outside the genre’s usual conventions; flourishes of both hardcore and thrash colour tracks like “My Deep Black Nights”, helping to distinguish themselves from the crowd of other similarly sounding bands.
Although the record’s title track stands alone as a definite highlight, slower songs like “You Can Always Make My Day” help break up the album and inject a degree of differentiation into proceedings. Likewise, the careful placement of sub-minute blasts like “Don’t Say You’re Sorry, Because You’re Not” prevents the album becoming monotonous.
Given the explosion in popularity of tech-punk over the last five years or so, it would be easy to write off Jet Market as just another bandwagon jumper. However, Sparks From Darkness proves that this is a group that should not be dismissed so easily; sure they can play their instruments fast and well, but they display a sense of passion and an ability to craft an album (as opposed to merely writing songs) that is sorely lacking amongst so many of their contemporaries.
Verdict: A solid take on the tech-punk genre from Italian punks.
Rating: 7.5/10
Review by: Matthew Woodward
BURNING FICTION / JET MARKET / PART TIME KILLER Split CD
A three way split where each band adds 4 tracks to proceeding. Burning Fiction kick things off with their Aussie melodic punk rock. Lighter in speed then a lot of the stuff on Pee Records, more of a skate or EpiFat feel to their sound. No Use For A Name spring to mind. With vocals that ooze passion, all four of Burning Fiction’s tracks are awesome. Definitely a band I’d like to see over here on these shores. Next up are Jet Market from Italy. They fit in perfectly with Burning Fiction. Again it’s melodic punk rock, mixing up Strung Out (but with less riff action) and Satanic Surfers. Another great band who sit nicely with me for sure. Last up but by no means least are Part Time Killer . Hailing from Finland, this is more of the melodic punk rock and again it’s damn impressive. Very Strung Out in style, gotta love it. Their album is awesome too! A great split, three greats bands and this is well worth your time, so check it out!
Review by: Mr. T
BURNING FICTION / JET MARKET / PART TIME KILLER Split CD
A split usually involves two bands showcasing a few songs so that fans of one band can be introduced to another. A three way split is pretty rare, at least to me, but I’m all for throwing in an extra band. The three bands on this split are Jet Market (Italy), Part Time Killer (Finland) and Burning Fiction (Australia.) They all contribute four songs each in exactly 35 minutes.
I’m not familiar with the band Burning Fiction but from the first track “Mindhead” they got me intrigued. The skatepunk evidence is all there. The fast beat, the melodic vocals, rhythmic bass and the driving power chords all sound as good as the pop of an ollie. The second track is slower but still good and I finally figured out who these guys sound like. It’s mostly the voice but I hear a resemblance to now expired aggressive metal/skatepunk band Layaway Plan. The next track is at the same pace as the last and again it is good but just not as good as the first. The final track from Burning Fiction is “The Grip” and it starts at the same pace as the last two but 30 seconds in picks up with some finger tapping solo’s and fires into the fast skatepunk sound I’m looking for. All around not bad but I would say they should of stuck to the same strategy as Layaway Plan and played them all fast.
The next band is one I am looking forward to hearing. I am a fan of Jet Market so I have high expectations for their four songs. “The Truck” immediately is recognizable as a Jet Market song and 15 seconds in to it I have goose bumps. Up next is “Tonight, Tonight” and it’s blazing fast and has a familiar sound to it. NO FUCKING WAY! It’s not until the palm muted picking and vocals that I figure out that the title is not just a coincidence to the Smashing Pumpkins song. Rad is all I can say. I love the original and now here is four Italians giving me a skate punk version of the hit song. They finish strong with the last two tracks making it three solid Jet Market tracks just as good as anything else they have done and one awesome cover song.
The last band is one that gave me slight puzzlement. For a few minutes I thought this was the Austrian punk band Renttokill who have a song called Primetime Killer but no, it’s Part Time Killer who I have never heard of until now. After I straighten it out the chorus of the first song is yelling at me to “Wake up.” Part Time Killer has a more straight up classic punk sound than the other two bands but they have infused it in to their own style of melodic skate punk. The four tracks are all fast and all have singable chant along vocals that make you want to rise up and fight against something like the government, rising beer prices, burnt toast or whatever you’re against.
As a whole Jet Market has the strongest tracks on the split but all the bands bring something to the table that is good in their own way. I ‘m glad that there are three different bands on this split, giving me three different styles of fast melodic punk rock to listen to. I might have never heard of Part Time Killer and Burning Fiction if it weren’t for Jet Market.
Rating: 3/5
Review by: Jamie Reinhart
BURNING FICTION / JET MARKET / PART TIME KILLER Split CD
They say that music is a universal language, and South Australia’s Pee Records have proven that yet again with their latest release, a three way international split. Featuring Australia’s Burning Fiction, Italy’s Jet Market and Finland’s Part Time Killer, these three melodic punk bands haven’t let the fact that they come from different corners of the world get in the way of releasing a cohesive and entertaining album together. With each group contributing four tracks to the record, it is the perfect way to get a taste of what each has to offer without having to fork out the cash for three separate CDs.
With any kind of split release, it is inevitable that one artist will stand out from the pack as the strongest. Considering that this is Jet Market’s debut within Australia and that Part Time Killer have only previously released a single 7 inch EP, one would assume that Burning Fiction would have this one in the bag; strangely enough however, the songs offered up by the Perth natives is not quite up to the standard that they had previously established on their full length, Don’t Lose Touch. This is not to say that the band’s tracks are in any way terrible, they are just a bit sub-par compared to what they should have achieved. The only exception to this is the brilliant “1000 Yards”, which features both a violin and a cello sounding off against a killer guitar line in the track’s stunning breakdown.
Next up is Jet Market, whose sound is perhaps best described as a mix of fast paced punk rock with just a touch of hardcore for good measure. Instrumentally and vocally the group is quite tight, and their sound is overall quite pleasing. For the uninitiated (like myself) however, the highlight of the band’s contribution to the split would most definitely have to be their exuberant cover of the Smashing Pumpkins standard, “Tonight, Tonight”. For those fans of punk with a secret and shameful love for 90’s alternative rock, the hyper paced treatment of the famous single (complete with all of Billy Corgan’s guitar melodies intact) is sure to please.
Despite their relative short career so far (at least in comparison to Burning Fiction and Jet Market), it is Part Time Killer who truly dominate the release. Favouring short and sharp compositions over complex song structures, the group’s hardcore influenced brand of skatepunk has reached a new high on this split. Since the release of the band’s debut EP Fuck The World, Part Time Killer have managed to tighten up their vocal melodies and guitar riffs to an even more unyielding point than what was previously evident, resulting in a batch of extremely brisk yet exciting punk rock tunes. In many ways the group resembles Australia’s own Local Resident Failure, and with both band’s set to release full length’s in 2011, the significance of the comparison should not be lost on fans of either.
Over the past year Pee Records have really brought the goods, and they have continued their hot streak with this latest split album. Featuring twelve quality tracks from three independent artists from different countries and backgrounds, this is a record that is sure to please any fan of melodic punk.
Review by: Matthew Woodward
