The tracklisting has the songs laid out separately, however, the last track compiles the album into one long track, because that’s how the record was meant to be listened to. In regards to the album's content, the majority of its merits fall onto the songwriting, which is both incredibly textured and serene. Indeed, if my assumption is correct and Sam’s visuals are pay-walled exclusively for the live show – which, again, seems like a perfectly reasonable decision, to entice audiences to get involved with the whole live event – I feel, as a listener sat in his arm chair listening to just the music behind Jettison, I’m only getting half of the complete puzzle. Though it seems perfectly reasonable why the band hasn’t released the visual portion of the Jettison project on the same day as the album’s release (at the time of writing, I couldn’t find the visuals for the project and thus basing my review solely on the album), it feels like only half of the experience. In its current state, I feel the album is afflicted with impermanent blindness. This is largely because Jettison is intrinsically tied to the visual component of the project, which was designed and created by artistic visionary Sam Wiehl. As a fan who has poured many hours into the band’s music since Gangs, I can tell you I’m somewhat conflicted with the album’s ambitions, where it succeeds in some regards, but falters in others. However, the distinctions between Jettison and your typical bread and butter ASIWYFA record are at times severe, and worlds apart from what we’ve heard from the band in the past.
This would sound somewhat queer to a long-time fan of ASIWYFA – trying to assimilate the notion the Irish quartet are making a soundtrack, when their music is and always has been cinematic and soundtrack-esque in some capacity, but I digress. The inception of Jettison was founded on the idea of developing a soundtrack that hadn’t yet been made. With the concept of Jettison, I always imagined it being a wonderous live experience and now that restrictions in the UK have been lifted, fans will finally get a chance to see the Jettison experience the way it was initially intended two years ago. Review Summary: A great idea that I'm sure will succeed, but as a standalone album, it's lacking in places.
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