Newsflash: Jetpacks launch UK tour

Scotland’s latest dispatch of heroic tunesmiths, the mightily monikered We Were Promised Jetpacks, will embark on their first major UK tour this summer.

Coinciding with the 4 May release of single 'Quiet Little Voices' and the June-time follow up of their much anticipated debut LP These Four Walls, the Fatcat-signed quartet will stop in at a slew of Scottish cities, including two stints at this month’s Hinterland Festival.

Dates are as follows:

30 Apr - Hinterland Festival, Glasgow
1 May - Hinterland Festival, Glasgow
14 May - Water Margin, Brighton (FatCat Showcase - Great Escape Festival)
15 May - DrownedinSound Stage, Brighton (Great Escape Festival)
23 May - Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool (supporting Sky Larkin)
09 Jun - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
10 Jun - Doghouse, Dundee
15 Jun - King Tuts, Glasgow
16 Jun - Night & Day, Manchester
17 Jun - Bodega, Nottingham
18 Jun - The Lexington, London
19 Jun - The Cockpit, Leeds
20 Jun - The Head of Steam, Newcastle
28 June - Outsider Festival, Rothiemurchus – Cairngorms National Park
24 July - Wickerman Festival, Dundrennan

UtR has had a sneak preview of These Four Walls and it’s safe to say it’ll be trimming the top of every tastemaking hitlist come the end of the year.

In the meantime, to keep your lugholes nicely oiled in anticipation, we’ve got our paws on a stream of We Were Promised Jetpack’s veracious new single 'Quiet Little Voices'. So sit back, relax and let these Jetpacks take off...

Play: We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices