LIVE: JET + YOUNG HEART ATTACKS Brixton Academy, 26th May 2004. When a good friend first suggested going to see Jet I have to confess that I didn't get that excited. They were a band I didn't mind, vaguely liked, but never thought I'd become passionate about. I'd only heard the singles, and they seemed a little Strokes-lite, fun enough but lacking that cool quality that Julian Casablanca's et al has in spades. The night didn't get off to too great a start either. The Young Heart Attacks are one of those bands you'd like to like, being so desperate to gain the audiences adoration, and they bounded about on stage with more energy than I've seen from a band in a long time. Alas they're only a one trick pony, and that one trick is doing extremely repetitive seventies rock. But before you start making
	comparisons with The Darkness, these guys are of the far heavier variety, like Led Zeppelin a little but without the imagination the Zep used to display. The songs which are meant to amuse fail too, and whilst they can boast three different singers, none of them are that great. One song was okay. And one of the singers has a comedy haircut. But when that's the best thing you can say about a band, well, I don't need to go on do I? So Jet needed to be something special to avoid the evening sinking in to disaster. And how they were. If you, like me before this gig, have only heard the singles than you'll be completely unaware of the range they've got. Sure, they can do ultra cool rock in three minute bursts, but they've also got some beautifully anthemic tunes with perhaps simple but definitely powerful lyrics, which remind of the slower moments from the early Manics crossed with Embrace (but thankfully without the nasally vocals), and which can't fail to send a shiver down your spine. But it's tracks like Rollover Dj and Are You Gonna Be My Girl which will really make you want to love this band. The attitude and effortlessly sexy style made the whole audience scream throughout, and hearing four thousand odd people sing along to them is one of those moments you won't forget in a long long time. I've been to Brixton Academy a fair few times, but never seen an audience in love with a band quite this much. You really can see how much Jet love playing live, and how much they put in to it. Due to tickets selling out so quickly, alas we were seated upstairs, and I've never longed to be at the front of the crowd more than I did last night, full stop. It did give me the chance to really appreciate the band though, without being thrown from one side of the room to another, and see just how truly special they are. I was oh so wrong (yet again!) about Jet then. And thank the lord. People, we have a new band to adore. In a time where too many bands seem too serious or too desperate to be bland, Jet are something truly special, a band you have no choice in becoming passionate about once heard live. So do so. Alex Finch. Comments?
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