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Mystery Jets: Diamonds in the Dark

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by Colin Roberts

Boom! Crash! Glee!

'Diamonds in the Dark' goes off in my face like a firework display, resonating joyfully of summer, with a subtly echoing melancholia behind the whole show.

Enlisting the help of Britpop legend Stephen Street on the knob-twiddling front, one of the finer moments from the Jets' Making Dens debut is fed through the pop-aliser and comes out the other side a little more polished, a little more accessible and, in this scribe's opinion, a whole lot better.

The beauty of the Mystery Jets thus far has been born of paradoxical simplistic complexities - glorious sing-alongs rise out of intriguing and technically mesmerising verses. The epic synth-led solo on display here comprises few notes yet still manages to sound like the whole world is singing with it.

At recent shows, the Jets have been showcasing new material - songs filled with more chart-friendly hooks than an amalgam of a pirate and Stock, Aitken & Waterman - 'Diamonds in the Dark' is the perfect turning point, and with the help of Mr Street, and a wind in the right direction, there's a number one single in them yet.

It's called 'Elizabeth'.

  • Mystery Jets 8 / 10

Ah yes, Elizabeth

Heard that on the office stereo last time I was at work experience. It's a choon. Love the new version of Diamonds too. What's the Syd Barrett tribute on the b-side like?


its on their myspace

and i do love this rerecording
but i dont like elizabeth at all.


honestly?

it's amazing!


for honests

to me its their most generic, samey song so far. the bsides/other ep tracks on this are fucking wonderful tho, and im off to hmv to buy them with the last remaining few quid in my bank account.


I heard Elizabeth for the first time

on Thursday when they played it live and I thought it was wonderful.


hmm

I prefer the album version, you just can't help boogying to the bassline, the single version doesn't do it for me.


Elizabeth is wwwwonderful

really is.


scarecrows in the rain

is incredible. i also love elizabeth.

i danced on stage with the mystery jets at blissfields festival, it was so much fun! they're such nice people as well.


People who refer to themselves as scribes

are silly.

However I know I could not do a better job.





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