Kevin Bronson on October 21st, 2014

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Don’t let the title of We Were Promised Jetpacks’ new album “Unravelling” fool you. The album, the Scottish rockers’ third, and out this month via FatCat Records, brings a wealth of indie hooks, punchy guitars, emotive vocals and a booming rhythm section, all tightly packaged for maximum effect. The band started as a group of students living together in Glasgow in 2008, and original members singer-guitarist Adam Thompson, guitarist Michael Palmer, bassist Sean Smith and drummer Darren Lackie (drums) have added an extra mate for the new record, multi-instrumentalist Stuart McGachan, rounding out their wall-of-sound. Recorded with Paul Savage, who has worked with the who’s-who of Scottish acts (Franz Ferdinand, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, the Twilight Sad), the new single, “I Keep It Composed,” is accompanied by the release of the first in a series of three music videos created by Ben Cowie (dba Wake Up Advice). The video follows a man, played by Jonathan McGarrity, who wakes up in the aftermath of an explosion (sucks to be him) and is obviously struggling to keep it together – a proper fit for “I Keep It Composed.” Can we send in a rescue team with jetpacks?

– Jessica Shalvoy

||| Live: We Were Promised Jetpacks joins the Twilight Sad for a show Nov. 7 at the Fonda Theatre.