Mystery Jets // “Serotonin” Essential New Album

Nobody asked the Mystery Jets to redefine our perceptions of music with third album “Serotonin”, and they haven’t. In a way, “Serotonin” is predictably accessible, slightly left-field art-pop that should be leapt upon like the drug itself by owners of skinny jeans and emotions. Yet the middle third of the album is a heart tearing bicep of a musical centre that contains, without a doubt, some of their best material yet. Around the edges, things threaten to slip into familiar hazed 80s pop, but are saved by the bands’ slightly dyspraxic twitchings and irresistible melodies. The label’s changed, but the game’s the same; Mystery Jets continue to, if not redefine music, then shift the margins of quality in British guitar music with this fine return.

Mystery Jets – Serotonin by NotManyExperts

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