Zero for Conduct

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From Northern Ireland and the South of England hail Jetplane Landing which, for the last two decades has been variously composed of: Jamie Burchell (Bass/Vocals), Raife Burchell (Drums), Andrew Ferris (Vocals/Guitars), Cahir ODoherty (Guitars/Vocals) and Craig McKean (Drums). Big Scary Monsters are releasing their debut album Zero For Conduct on vinyl this January as well as putting their entire back catalogue back on streaming services. Their debut album Zero For Conduct, was recorded on an 8-track tape machine in Jamies parents garage in Bognor Regis and mixed during engineer Sean Dohertys downtime in a London studio owned by a diamond mining company. Hailed a masterpiece (5Ks Kerrang!) upon its release in 2001 it contains fan favourites This Is Not Revolution Rock and Summer Ends and perfectly encapsulates the vitality of the 00s post-hardcore DIY scene that inspired its creation. Deriving their name from the moment a blissed-out Burchell/Ferris witnessed At The Drive-In perform One Armed Scissor on their debut British TV performance Fuck me Ferris, they sound like a jet plane landing! ZFC channels that riotous energy across its heart-felt eleven cuts. Delicate acoustic confessionals sit alongside full-throated math-rock experimentation; this is an album as varied as it is ambitious. Jamie: We initially set out to track the record during a two-week period Andrew had off from work. At the end of those two weeks, we didnt even have all the drums recorded let alone the overdubs. So the idea emerged that Ferris and I would drive down every weekend from London to my parents house and we would make the album that way. Cut to one year later Andrew: When I listen back now, I can physically feel the conversations we had on those long drives, all those micro-decisions getting the songs to be right. It was a long process, but truthfully Id have been happy to let it go longer. Jamie gave me so much confidence and pushed me to places I didnt know I had or even needed to be. It was a really special time.. Jamie continues, There was this weird fusion between us musically which seemed to just work. Fans of Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, J Mascis, and Stephen Malkmus will feel right at home with this lovingly crafted set. Spoiler alert: heavier sounds and bigger rooms were to come for Jetplane but on Zero For Conduct their musical universe feels at once expansive and deeply personal.