Jet By Day

Born from back breaking labor under an unforgiving southern sun, Jet by Day might be the hardest working band in the country. Nine to five jobs as landscapers keep hands and arms taut to rip both life and melody from the primal matter of Georgia's red clay, leaving bodies withered and thirsty for the rejuvenation of booze and rock. Jet by Day uses these same calloused hands to mold their music and performance - their albums expose a deeply rooted underbrush given artistic shape through sweat and will, emphasizing a jagged pop sensibility that owes as much to the southern rock of JBD's fathers as the swaggering prowess of Thin Lizzy; live, technical flash and showmanship clash head to head with the bacchanalian nemesis always hovering above JBD's stage, resulting in physical and raucous shows that recall the glorious disasters of the Replacements.

Tours of North America's wind-swept highways alongside Cursive, Braid, Jucifer and Hey Mercedes have sanded down these raw materials, totaling more than 300 shows. These glass daggers are aimed at Canada and Europe in early 2005, trips in support of three upcoming releases. The full-length "Cascadia" prepares to rise again from the ashes of the now-defunct Kindercore Records, with Future Farmer Records playing Jesus to the album's Lazarus this October. Two brand new releases will quickly follow. January 2005 will witness the birth of Sons of Privilege, a five-song EP detailing the best of JBD's new, road-tested material. Hinging upon the razor's edge between pop and rock, the EP explores unfathomed depths of JBD's lyricism and song craft. Soon after, Future Farmer releases JBD's third full-length - with The Vulture, Jet by Day attempts to enter Southern Rock Valhalla through strength of arms, bringing the aesthetics of divergent underground scenes to the Dixie paragons of old.

-By Brett Griffin