Jack Flanagan From Mystery Jets Announces Debut Album, Releases ‘Skyhorse X Skyhorse’

Jack Flanagan, the bassist and vocalist for the Mystery Jets, has announced details of his solo project, which will be released later this year — listen to the new song “Skyhorse X Skyhorse.”

‘Jack Rides The Sky,’ which will be released on June 10th, brings together Flanagan’s songs and ideas over the preceding ten years.

The news is accompanied with the psychedelic track ‘Skyhorse X Skyhorse,’ which progresses from dreamy to intense.

“Skyhorse x Skyhorse was born in a shed in somebody else’s back garden in north London,” explained Flanagan. “It began as 8 different songs and after half a year of experimentation it eventually became one. I wanted to try and construct a song that took you to as many different places as possible within three minutes. I think it does.”

Listen to ‘Skyhorse X Skyhorse’ below:

‘Jack Rides The Sky’ is being released by Modern Sky and the track list for the album is as follows:

‘Curses’
‘Skyhorse X Skyhorse’
‘Gravy Train’
‘Unbelievable’
‘Don’t Ask Me Why’
‘Something Has Changed’
‘Misty’
‘Lately’
‘Blue Canoe’
‘Girls and Boys’
‘Try’
‘Why Am I Only Here’

Mystery Jets released their sixth studio album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ in 2020. “With protest songs and celebrations of the NHS all part of their new identity, it’s a wildly successful take on the world at large as the band enter a new decade,” NME wrote of the album in a four-star review.

Mystery Jets also shared covers album ‘Home Protests’ in 2020. Explaining how they recorded the album in lockdown, the Jets said: “As the world ground to a halt, with global lockdowns and illnesses, we continued to protest from our homes: recording lo-fi live covers of nine timeless tracks spanning the last half-century. Songs tackling perennial issues from discrimination and homelessness to war, consumer capitalism and environmental destruction.”

–Aditi Manjunath