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The four-piece Mystery Jets came on stage at around 9:45, after support act Tribes. Tribes, as the second band up on the night, still hadn’t done much with regard to rousing the crowd; however there was obvious talent in their thumping indie music. Between them finishing and the Mystery Jets starting, the main area had become considerably more packed and the anticipation for the headliners had set in.
Mystery Jets seem to have a large following of fans, most people have heard of them and the gig sold out in rapid time. Yet they have played Fibbers twice in the last year, a relatively small venue. They really got the crowd going playing all the expected hits, including “Two Doors Down” and “Young Love,” but their indie pop would be lost on a bigger audience. Also, despite having just released fourth album Serotonin, all six songs (yes, six, that’s a pound per song for everyone that bought a ticket) played were from their last album Twenty One. However the crowd seemed happy enough and there was a high level of energy and excitement throughout the set, in particular when Count and Sinden joined the band onstage for collaboration single “After Dark.”
The Mystery Jets are good at what they do, indie pop that’s a little more pop than indie. It’s catchy and crowd pleasing, yet the band just don’t seem ambitious enough to want anything more, or alternatively don’t want to risk the winning formula they’ve found. Maybe it’s lack of ambition, maybe it’s just pure laziness, either way, one album can’t carry them forever.
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