The Last Place You'll Look

The Last Place You'll Look
EP by
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Released9 March 2010
RecordedWinter 2009
GenreIndie rock
Length19:33
LanguageEnglish
LabelFat Cat
ProducerWe Were Promised Jetpacks, Andrew Bush
We Were Promised Jetpacks chronology
These Four Walls
(2009) 		The Last Place You'll Look
(2010) 		In the Pit of the Stomach
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk87%[1]
Drowned in Sound6/10[2]
The Line of Best Fit(positive)[3]
PopMatters5/10[4]
The Skinny[5]

The Last Place You'll Look is an EP by the Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks, released on 9 March 2010 in the US and Canada, and on 12 April 2010 in the UK and Europe by Fat Cat Records.

In comparison with the band's first album, These Four Walls, The Last Place You'll Look has more subdued instrumentation, with additional string accompaniments appearing on the majority of the tracks.

Background and recording

The EP was recorded within a two-week deadline by the band's sound engineer, Andrew Bush. The band are said to have entered the studio with only "rough sketches" and "older versions" of songs as their starting point.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by We Were Promised Jetpacks.

  1. "A Far Cry" – 4:52
  2. "Short Bursts" (alternative version) – 3:37
  3. "The Walls Are Wearing Thin" – 1:53
  4. "With the Benefit of Hindsight" – 4:13
  5. "This Is My House, This Is My Home" (alternative version) – 5:00

Personnel

We Were Promised Jetpacks
  • Adam Thompson – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Palmer – lead guitar
  • Sean Smith – bass guitar
  • Darren Lackie – drums
Additional musicians
  • Andrew Bush – additional instrumentation
  • Suz Appelbe – additional instrumentation
  • Helena Flint – additional instrumentation
  • Mike Truscott – additional instrumentation
Technical personnel
  • Andrew Bush – recording, mixing, producer
  • We Were Promised Jetpacks – producer
  • Alan Douches – mastering
Artwork
  • dlt – artwork

References

  1. ^ "Chorus.fm". 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ "We Were Promised Jet Packs - the Last Place You'll Look / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "We Were Promised Jetpacks: The Last Place You'll Look EP | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  5. ^ "We Were Promised Jetpacks - the Last Place You'll Look EP | the Skinny".
  6. ^ "Fatcat Records | Home". Fat-cat.co.uk. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.


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