New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ The Paper Jets) The Paper Jets, an up-and-coming three-piece alt-rock/powerpop band, have released their new single "Set of Rules." The track is an upbeat powerpop number taken from their debut full-length album, We Are All Strange Friends, which will be released on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
Kicking off with a bouncy piano rhythm that soon fuses with a crunchy guitar riff and ultra-catchy chorus, the track synthesizes the band's influences (Cheap Trick, Big Star, Ben Folds, Spoon, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) with its members' modern perspectives. The result is one of the band's most beloved songs.
"'Set of Rules' is probably the most popular song at our live concerts, which is interesting to me because we've never officially released it anywhere before now," said Brian E., lead singer and guitarist for The Paper Jets. "At gigs where no one has any clue who we are, this song gets them dancing. And when we're playing in front of our fans, this is the one they yell for. It definitely seems to have some crossover appeal, and we're excited to finally put out a proper recording of it."
The track is available for purchase now on the iTunes Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/set-of-rules-single/id761021585. A music video for the song is currently in development.
For more information about the band, visit https://www.thepaperjets.com.
About The Paper Jets
Consisting of Brian E. (vocals/guitar), Frank Lettieri (drums/vocals), and
Scottie Maloney (bass), The Paper Jets were formed in 2005 when Brian and Frank, then students at Rider University, worked together on a senior thesis project to record a full album using only "consumer" recording equipment. They teamed up with
Scottie in 2008, releasing the mini-LP Face Forward in 2009 and the live concert DVD Bored in Town in 2011, which was packaged with the odds-and-sods collection Sorta Bored. The band also recorded a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" for the compilation album My Hometown: A Tribute to NJ, released in July 2013 by FDR Records. All proceeds from the album go to the Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
The band has performed live at significant venues such as The Trocadero and World Café Live in Philadelphia; The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ; Sullivan Hall and The Bitter End in New York City; and The Abbey Pub in Chicago. They have also played at the
Stress Free Summer Festival in Croton-on-Hudson, NY; the
National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC (where they performed in front of the Washington Monument); and the Heritage Festival in Trenton, NJ.
The band is based in Princeton, NJ.
