MYSTERY JETS - Making Dens Review

There's something awfully Swallows And Amazons about the Mystery Jets, from the nautical imagery to the mini neverland of their Eel Pie Island HQ. A playful spirit, a refusal to grow up... call it what you will, the essence of childhood is distilled in their music, and Making Dens realises these sensibilities in a concise, passionate, and surprisingly sad pop debut....full text After over a year of riotous gigs on Eel Pie Island and beyond, a handful of good singles, more press coverage than most bands are able muster in an entire career and an illustrious slot on a magazine-endorsed new music tour, London quintet Mystery Jets' debut album is finally seeing the light of day....full text First, the blurb; if Mystery Jets didn't exist, there wouldn't be psychotropic substances strong enough for anyone to invent them. Hailing from Eel Pie Island, a ghostly landmass that time forgot and a former haunt to names as illustrious and long-dead as Henry VIII and Charles Dickens is off-kilter enough, but that's not nearly the half of it....full text