Radlands (album)

Radlands
Studio album by
Mystery Jets
Released30 April 2012 (2012-04-30)
RecordedWestlake, Austin, Texas, US
GenreIndie rock
Length52:05
LabelRough Trade
ProducerDan Carey
Mystery Jets chronology
Serotonin
(2010) 		Radlands
(2012) 		Curve of the Earth
(2016)
Singles from Radlands
  1. "Someone Purer"
    Released: 16 April 2012
  2. "Greatest Hits"
    Released: 18 June 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC(positive)[3]
Drowned in Sound6/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork Media5.4/10[8]

Radlands is the fourth studio album by the Mystery Jets. On 3 April 2012, shortly before the release of Radlands, Kai Fish announced he would be leaving the band, with bassist Pete Cochrane taking his place for the band's UK tour.[9]

The album was recorded in a home recording studio set up in a country house by the Colorado river in the Westlake area in Austin, Texas.

The album peaked at number 40 on the UK Albums Chart.[10]

The name 'Radlands' is an amalgamation of Keith Richards' 1960s apartment Redlands and the Terrence Malick film Badlands.[11]

  1. ^ "Radlands by Mystery Jets". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. Radlands > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ^ "BBC Music review".
  4. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ Carnwath, Ally (29 April 2012). "Mystery Jets: Radlands – review – Music – The Guardian". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Price, Simon (29 April 2012). "Album: Album: Mystery Jets, Radlands (Rough Trade) – Reviews – Music – The Independent". The Independent.
  7. ^ Denney, Alex (30 April 2012). "NME Album Reviews – Mystery Jets – 'Radlands'". NME.
  8. ^ "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ Chris Bright. "Music – Review of Mystery Jets – Radlands". BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Mystery Jets", Official Charts Company, retrieved 12 September 2012
  11. ^ Toh, Christopher. "Culture & Lifestyle | Music | Being rad". TODAYonline. Retrieved 14 September 2012.