Strap in and Take Flight with The Jet Age

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Throughout their past couple of albums, The Jet Age have had some pretty unusual destinations. The flight pattern for most bands includes the inaugural flight, which really lays down the basis for what kind of band it’s going to attempt to be. Next, there’s that crucial second flight, which is just as important. By this point they’ve got a little flight time under their belts and the band is feeling good, but now is the time to crank it up a notch. It is the time to take what everyone saw and heard before and turn that potential into a reality–all while simultaneously turning those expectations up on their head. With their third album, The Jet Age have now landed in an unexpected destination once again – In “Love”.

For those unfamiliar with Eric Tischler (lead vox, guitar), Pete Nuwayser (drums), and Greg Bennett (bass), the trio have come to be known throughout DC as the garage band of all garage bands. However, that in no way means they’re simple-minded or not worth listening to. They’re akin to taking a simple concept, turning it upside down, inside out and a completely different color. Take their previous record for example, What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? In that album, they took on a pretty intense subject matter – the state of a war-torn nation that contorts an American family man into a suicide bomber. That’s not quite your everyday rock album, now is it? But that’s what they do.

So how do you move on from there? How do you pick a different subject to write about that will make people say, “how did they do that”–again? The answer–do what you do best. Write with emotion. And what other emotional topic causes more happiness and more pain, more angst, and more glee than love? Writing with and emotional side isn’t anything new for them, though–even What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? had a lot of emotion within it’s boarders.

This is what In “Love” is all about. The emotional journey of having, not having, not wanting and losing love. Musically, the band has taken another significant step. There’s still a lot of the garage band feel, but this time it’s more accessible. On the song “It Could Be Brand New,” Tischler (the primary song-writer) sings of that age old quandary of “a bird in hand.” The chorus speaks to this as well: “But is this love?/And do you know what that means?/Because you thought that you loved her/And now you think that you love me.”

In “Love” is a solid third effort from The Jet Age. It’s not overly-sappy or overly-obscure. What it is, is a lot of rock that pulls in the listener that allows them to relate to the material. And it looks like that is becoming the M.O. of The Jet Age. Whether it’s a suicide bomber or just plain ol’ heartache, you’ll be on board.

The Jet Age’s final show of the year is next Friday (Dec 11th) at The Rock and Roll Hotel! Get more info about the show and the band at www.thejetage.net.