Jets to Brazil

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Jets to Brazil was an American rock band. It was founded by Blake Schwarzenbach, former frontman of Jawbreaker, who found himself in Brooklyn, New York, after Jawbreaker disbanded. There he united with friend Jeremy Chatelain (who is not to be confused with the French singer of the same name); the two had met at the final Jawbreaker show, Chatelain himself having emerged from the break-up of Handsome.

Together they began working on four-track recordings aided by drum machines until they asked Chris Daly, previously the drummer for Texas Is the Reason, to join them. Daly created the name “Jets to Brazil” (perhaps taken from a poster seen in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s), and the band joined Jade Tree Records in 1997.

It was under Jade Tree that they recorded their first (and, following the successes of their previous bands, highly anticipated) album, Orange Rhyming Dictionary. Following its eventual success they went on to release Four Cornered Night, which introduced the fourth member of the band: former The Van Pelt guitarist, Brian Maryansky. In 2002, Jets to Brazil launched their third — and what was to be final — album, Perfecting Loneliness. By 2003 the band had broken up, for unspecified reasons.

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Brookin wrote:
last month

I had a copy of Perfecting Loneliness but i lost it - found these again via The Hold Steady & The National... Will have to get my hands on some more again...

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guitarbassdrum wrote:
July 2008

Four Cornered Night is the best, in my opinion. It is one of my favorite albums and i can't believe more of it isn't on the top plays list. There are also some great songs on Perfecting Loneliness. Surprising to see nothing from that album on there...

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DaysOfRage wrote:
July 2008

Four Cornered Night is at least as good as, and probably better than, Orange Rhyming Dictionary. But they're both amazing.

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rainman1020 wrote:
July 2008

obviously lacks the edge and unrestrained brilliance of Jawbreaker(especially outside of Orange Rhyming.) yet every once in a while Blake drops a line into a song that lets you know he still has it.

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Nimbuspony wrote:
July 2008

I love, love, love this band. :D

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namnatulco wrote:
June 2008

Checking out Orange Rhyming Dictionary now, sounds quite good!

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leftleaving wrote:
June 2008

i am glad he ditched jawbreaker and tied his legs to tables!

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Anthez wrote:
May 2008

Not a single bad song...

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Lifesauce wrote:
May 2008

kinda reminds me of sluttering by jawbreaker...just the end I mean

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Lifesauce wrote:
May 2008

I typed for miles has the most epic ending ever.

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SeanBarrett wrote:
April 2008

sweet avenue seems to be pretty popular. was it on tv or in a movie or something?

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LockeRoberts wrote:
April 2008

I actually like Four Cornered Night better than Orange Rhyming Dictionary...

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Grisha_X wrote:
February 2008

Hard Music For Easy People. http://noisecomplaint.blogspot.com

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Jay_Fiedler wrote:
February 2008

You guys are crazy four cornered night is great, almost up there with orange rhyming dictionary. The other one, ok, a bit of a dropoff but still some good tracks.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
February 2008

orange rhyming dictionary is great, the other albums are just a bit too pathetic and lacking in passion. especially when you compare them gruff and raw-ness of jawbreaker
spraypainthero wrote:
January 2008

king medicine is one of the best songs blake ever wrote

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Merley wrote:
January 2008

Epic times indeed.

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emir7 wrote:
January 2008

< 100 plays till a million. :0)

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Lyrant wrote:
January 2008

I like both bands equally. OMGZ SHOCK!

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perpetualidiocy wrote:
January 2008

i think that jawbreaker was much more influential and important in the grand scheme of things, but i personally like jets to brazil much more. it's all a matter of taste, really.

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