These Four Walls (We Were Promised Jetpacks album)

These Four Walls
Studio album by We Were Promised Jetpacks
Released	15 June 2009
Recorded	Earth Studios, Odiham
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival, folk rock
Length	49:36
Language	English
Label	Fat Cat
Producer	Ken Thomas, Joylon Thomas, Peter Katis
We Were Promised Jetpacks chronology
These Four Walls (2009) The Last Place You'll Look (2010)
Singles from These Four Walls
"Quiet Little Voices" Released: 4 May 2009 "Roll Up Your Sleeves" Released: 29 June 2009 "It's Thunder and It's Lightning" / "Ships With Holes Will Sink" Released: 30 November 2009

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(90%) link
Allmusic
The A.V. Club	(A-) link
Clash	(8/10) link
Drowned in Sound	(7/10) link
Gigwise	link
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10) link
Scotland on Sunday	link
The Skinny	link
This Is Fake DIY	(7/10) link

These Four Walls is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks, released on 15 June 2009 in the UK, and on 7 July 2009 in the US by Fat Cat Records. The band recorded the album at Earth Studios in Odiham, Hampshire, England with producers Ken Thomas, Joylon Thomas, and Peter Katis. Four singles were released from the album: "Quiet Little Voices" in May 2009,^[2] "Roll Up Your Sleeves" in June 2009,^[3] and the double A-side single "It's Thunder and It's Lightning" and "Ships With Holes Will Sink" in November 2009.^[4] Following the album's release, an EP of alternate recordings and unreleased tracks entitled The Last Place You'll Look was issued in March 2010.

Release

On 15 June 2009, the band celebrated the album's release with an acoustic performance at Buchanan Street HMV, and performed the album in its entirety at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut later that evening.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam John Thomson.

1. "It's Thunder and It's Lightning" – 4:48
2. "Ships With Holes Will Sink" – 3:22
3. "Roll Up Your Sleeves" – 4:16
4. "Conductor" – 5:28
5. "A Half Built House" – 2:41
6. "This Is My House, This Is My Home" – 3:17
7. "Quiet Little Voices" – 4:21
8. "Moving Clocks Run Slow" – 4:56
9. "Short Bursts" – 4:40
10. "Keeping Warm" – 8:12
11. "An Almighty Thud" – 3:34

Personnel

• Adam Thomson – vocals, guitar
• Michael Palmer – lead guitar
• Sean Smith – bass
• Darren Lackie – drums
• Ken Thomas – producer, recording, mixing ("A Half Built House", "Short Bursts" and "An Almighty Thud")
• Joylon Thomas – producer, recording, mixing ("A Half Built House", "Short Bursts" and "An Almighty Thud")
• Peter Katis – additional production, additional recording, additional instruments, mixing
• Greg Giorgio – additional mixing
• Alan Douches – mastering, mixing ("A Half Built House", "Short Bursts" and "An Almighty Thud")
• dlt – artwork
• Sounds on "A Half Built Home" taken from The Conet Project

References

1. ↑ "These Four Walls - We Were Promised Jetpacks". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014. 
2. ↑ FatCat Records: Releases - Quiet Little Voices
3. ↑ FatCat Records: Releases - Roll Up Your Sleeves
4. ↑ FatCat Records: Releases - It's Thunder and It's Lightning