Mystery Jets are an English five-piece indie band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London. The band was formed by Henry Harrison (lyrics, piano), Blaine Harrison (vocals, guitar and keyboards) and William Rees (guitar, vocals) when the boys were still at school and would send each other songs on cassettes. The other members are Kai Fish (bass, vocals) and Kapil Trivedi (drums).
Their original name was The Misery Jets, which was taken from an Evening Standard headline (Eel Pie Island is under the Heathrow flight path, where planes can be frequently spotted). It got changed to Mystery Jets when Blaine accidentally misspelled the name while painting it on a drum skin.
In March 2011 following a secret SXSW show, the band set up a home recording studio in a country house by the Colorado river in the Westlake area in Austin, Texas. Writing and recording sessions lasted two months, at the end of which the band returned to the UK to play the summer festivals. Two of the confirmed tracks are "Radlands" and "Sister Everett."[22] Blaine went to California in early July to get inspiration and imagery for the songs. "Sister Everett" is based on the band's experience in meeting a nun from the Church of Latter Day Saints on the plane ride over to Texas. Blaine says she was trying to convert William and handed him her business card as they landed, from which the title of the song was taken. On the 22nd of November 2011, the Mystery Jets announced that their new album will be released in April 2012, with a tour to follow in May 2012.
