BLUEPRINT
Jet Set Satellite
(Nettwerk) ****/5

While their near neighbours in the USA throw out vast quantities of commercially dominant bands, Canada seems content to offer quality in small yet formidable doses. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that the Jet Set Satellite highly stylised, classy and classic approach offers sophistication without the attendant arrogance that so often blights bands of this calibre. ‘Blueprint’ is the debut album from this duo, Trevor Tuminski and Dave Swiecicki - who have a clear handle on the way to match creatively challenging pop-rock songs with a dense sound that is very much born from a love of, and dedication to, the early 1970s. The intelligence endemic in JSS becomes obvious from the opening shards of ‘Lies By The Thousand’, and continues through such mighty moments as the atmospheric ‘The Night It Went Too Far’, the title cut, ‘Baby, Cool Your Jets’ and ‘Afterglow’. If your bag is pop rock with a sinister edge and depth then put this on your shopping list.