You really can’t predict what people are going to think of new stuff, I was shocked when ZFC got the reaction it did/does... and I would be lying if I said that the bad reviews don’t sting - but now that the dust has settled a little since we’ve done the recordings I can honestly say that I think Backlash is Jetplane’s best album so far.

 

Of course, I hear you mutter to your computer screens ‘you would say that Ferris’ - but I’m guessing that anyone that reads this blog will be a fan of our new music so I’m in safe (and undoubtedly ‘pretentious’) waters to list the reasons why. (1) It has the best opening track (2) It has the most consistent lyrics (3) It has the best beats and (4) I like listening to it more than the others (5) It has the best atmosphere of all our records so far.

 

Don’t get me wrong, noone is prouder than I of our first two albums, I love them like small children or baby schnauzer puppies (ooh look at their little legs!); but this record is really close to my heart - it’s grooves make me click my fingers and bop my ‘balding’ head. The songs are out there now, and I feel (with my label hat on) that our job is fully done - it’s up to y’all to decide whether or not you like it. The hardcore Jetplane fans haven’t defected, I got an email from Mike Hope today which brightened my day no end - people have really gone with the change in the direction and embraced it.

 

However, clear divisions have formed in the aftermath of the album’s release and it’s title, seems completely appropriate. Strangely though, in the last months my faith in musically-inclined humanity has been restored, now how did that happen? Just in time for my 41st birthday.