The Last Place You'll Look

The Last Place You'll Look
EP by We Were Promised Jetpacks
Released	9 March 2010
Recorded	Winter 2009
Genre	Indie rock
Length	19:33
Language	English
Label	Fat Cat
Producer	We Were Promised Jetpacks, Andrew Bush
We Were Promised Jetpacks chronology
These Four Walls (2009)These Four Walls2009 The Last Place You'll Look (2010) In the Pit of the Stomach (2011)In the Pit of the Stomach2011

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AbsolutePunk	(87%) link
Drowned in Sound	(6/10) link
The Line of Best Fit	(positive) link
PopMatters	(5/10) link
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The Last Place You'll Look is an EP by the Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks, released on 9 March 2010 in the US and Canada, and on 12 April 2010 in the UK and Europe by Fat Cat Records.

In comparison with the band's first album, These Four Walls, The Last Place You'll Look has more subdued instrumentation, with additional string accompaniments appearing on the majority of the tracks.

Background and recording

The EP was recorded within a two-week deadline by the band's sound engineer, Andrew Bush. The band are said to have entered the studio with only "rough sketches" and "older versions" of songs as their starting point.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by We Were Promised Jetpacks.

1. "A Far Cry" – 4:52
2. "Short Bursts" (alternative version) – 3:37
3. "The Walls Are Wearing Thin" – 1:53
4. "With the Benefit of Hindsight" – 4:13
5. "This Is My House, This Is My Home" (alternative version) – 5:00

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