Jets Overhead

Jets Overhead was formed in 2003 by singer Adam Kittredge, guitarist Piers Henwood (cousin of Kittredge), bassist Jocelyn Greenwood (high school friend of Kittredge), and the band's first drummer, Brendan Pye. Soon after, vocalist Antonia Freybe-Smith joined, and Pye was replaced by Luke Renshaw.{{cite web |url=http://www.jadedexpressions.com/feature/articles/jetsoverhead.php |title=Crossing the Bridge: An Interview with Jets Overhead |work=jadedexpressions.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} Kittredge came up with the name Jets Overhead while observing air traffic patterns in London, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.ca/2010/03/08/sxsw-2010-jets-overhead/ |title=Jets Overhead Interview: SXSW 2010 |author=Jenny Charlesworth |date=March 8, 2010 |work=spinner.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008150806/http://www.spinner.ca/2010/03/08/sxsw-2010-jets-overhead/ |url-status=dead }}

The band's first release was 2003's self-titled EP, which reached No. 42 on the CMJ music charts.{{cite web |url=http://ottawastart.com/story/4137.php |title=Zaphod Beeblebrox presents Jets Overhead |date=June 1, 2006 |work=ottawastart.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928145314/http://ottawastart.com/story/4137.php |url-status=dead }}

In 2006, Jets Overhead made their first full-length album, Bridges, available for free download on their website under a voluntary purchase ("pay what you want") model, over a year before British rock group Radiohead eventually popularized the model with In Rainbows.{{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/features/79823/cmw-2010-hot-acts-jets-overhead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310091932/http://www.chartattack.com/features/79823/cmw-2010-hot-acts-jets-overhead |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |title=CMW 2010 Hot Acts: Jets Overhead |author=Siobhan Ozenge |date=March 2, 2010 |work=chartattack.com |publisher=drupal.org |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.martlet.ca/martlet/article/jets-overhead-represent-their-canadian-rock-roots/ |title=Jets Overhead represent their Canadian rock roots |author=Clare Walton |date=October 8, 2010 |work=martlet.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151840/http://www.martlet.ca/martlet/article/jets-overhead-represent-their-canadian-rock-roots/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.toromagazine.com/music/interviews/dac21074-214c-d794-1d2d-a5f175da1c09/Jets-Overhead/index.html |title=Jets Overhead |author=Jesse Skinner |date=September 27, 2009 |work=toromagazine.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://addictedtovinyl.com/blog/2009/07/21/new-sophomore-release-available-now-from-jets-overhead-grab-your-seat/ |title=New sophomore release available now from Jets Overhead – Grab Your Seat! |date=July 21, 2009 |work=addictedtovinyl.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/jets-overhead-take-off-with-no-nations/ |title=Jets Overhead take off with "No Nations" |author=Elizabeth Raftery |date=June 1, 2009 |work=blastmagazine.com |publisher=bmediaventures.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} Jets Overhead were eventually recognized as one of the first bands who attempted to address the challenges presented by digital music distribution and online trading, with the band's website stating at the time that "new systems for distributing music should be driven by the public rather than by existing paradigms which no longer apply to the digital world."{{cite web |url=http://citizendick.org/2009/06/16/jets-overhead-no-nations-album-review/ |title=Jets Overhead – No Nations – Album Review |date=June 16, 2009 |work=citizendick.org |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.guttersnipenews.com/music/jets-overhead/ |title=Interview Jets Overhead's Adam Kittredge |date=May 25, 2009 |work=guttersnipenews.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=April 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405012446/http://www.guttersnipenews.com/music/jets-overhead/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1079/interview-with-jets-overhead.html |title=Interview with Jets Overhead |date=July 1, 2009 |work=upvenue.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} Bridges was produced by Neil Osborne, lead singer of the Canadian rock group 54-40,{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-osborne-p111529/credits |title=Neil Osborne |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 12, 2011}} and mixed by Warne Livesey.{{cite web |url=http://jetsoverhead.bandcamp.com/album/bridges |title=Bridges |work=jetsoverhead.bandcamp.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} The album explores themes of island living and the west coast of Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=9157 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910180707/http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=9157 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |title=Bliss the sky |author=Stuart Trew |date=May 11, 2006 |work=ottawaxpress.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jets_Overhead/2007/02/26/3671434.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115061126/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jets_Overhead/2007/02/26/3671434.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=Jets Overhead fire up a storm |author=Yuri Wuensch |date=February 26, 2007 |work=jam.canoe.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} It eventually led to the band's first Juno nomination, in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.chancentre.com/whats-on/live-sessions-jets-overhead |title=The Live Sessions – Jets Overhead |date=October 8, 2009 |work=chancentre.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142121/http://www.chancentre.com/whats-on/live-sessions-jets-overhead |url-status=dead }}

Jets Overhead did not repeat their voluntary purchase model for the 2009 release of No Nations; however, elements of the album were made available on the band's website under a Creative Commons licence. The album was again produced by Neil Osborne, and mixing was done by Grammy winner Malcolm Burn.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=39629 |title=Jets Overhead Sophomore Release No Nations Available Now on Vapor Records |date=July 21, 2009 |work=allaboutjazz.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} It was primarily recorded at a remote location on Hornby Island. The first single, "Heading for Nowhere", charted on Canadian rock radio{{cite web |url=http://mediasource.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ra2&action=display&thread=10896&page=4 |title=Re: Canadian Active/ Alternative Charts |date=August 11, 2009 |work=mediasource.proboards.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011}} and saw regular play on KCRW in Los Angeles. During the No Nations touring cycle, Jets Overhead made their first appearance at such prominent US festivals as Coachella and Bonnaroo.{{cite web |url=http://puregrainaudio.com/news/jets-overhead-to-perform-at-coachella-cmw-and-sxsw |title=Jets Overhead to Perform at Coachella, CMW and SBSW |author=Chris Gonda |date=February 3, 2010 |work=puregrainaudio.com |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330192310/http://puregrainaudio.com/news/jets-overhead-to-perform-at-coachella-cmw-and-sxsw |url-status=dead }} Prior to the album's release, vocalists Adam Kittredge and Antonia Freybe-Smith were married.{{cite web |url=http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/tag/jets-overhead |title=Pioneering a choice in digital music |author=Wang Yu |date=July 13, 2010 |work=beijingtoday.com.cn |accessdate=July 12, 2010}}

Jets Overhead released their third studio album, Boredom and Joy, in 2012. It was produced by Emery Dobyns, who also contributed additional keyboards and percussion. The string arrangements on some tracks were done by Dobyns and Fran Healy.{{Citation |title=Boredom and Joy – Jets Overhead {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boredom-and-joy-mw0002612120 |access-date=September 6, 2024}}

The album was recorded in various locations, including the band’s home studio in Victoria, British Columbia. Its themes revolve around the duality of life's mundane and joyful moments, which is reflected in the title track. The band has stated that they aimed to capture a more organic and live sound compared to their previous work.

Jets Overhead have performed at Coachella,{{cite web |url=http://www.mcqsbestof.com/2010/04/coachella-2010-review.html |title=Coachella 2010 Review |date =April 26, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011}} Bonnaroo,{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.ca/2010/03/08/sxsw-2010-jets-overhead/ |title=Jets Overhead Interview: SXSW 2010 |author=Jenny Charlesworth |date=March 8, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008150806/http://www.spinner.ca/2010/03/08/sxsw-2010-jets-overhead/ |url-status=dead }} Sasquatch!,{{cite web |url=http://www.111breakingnews.com/33779-sasquatch-music-2010-lineup-announcement/ |title=Sasquatch Music 2010 Lineup Announcement |author=Mark |date=February 16, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326110443/http://www.111breakingnews.com/33779-sasquatch-music-2010-lineup-announcement/ |url-status=dead }} Expo 2010 Shanghai,{{cite web |url=http://shanghai.talk.is/issue/2010-07/jets-overhead |title=Jets Overhead |author=Carl Lorimer |date=June 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} SXSW, CMJ Music Marathon,{{cite web |url=http://cmj09.sched.org/event/229623fef05783dad858a6390f893ebc |title= Thursday October 22 |date=October 23, 2009 |accessdate=June 30, 2011}} North by Northeast,{{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/50809/jets-overhead-horseshoe-tavern |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625235418/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/50809/jets-overhead-horseshoe-tavern |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 25, 2009 |title=Jets Overhead @ NXNE 2006 |author=David McDougall |date=June 9, 2006 |accessdate=June 30, 2011}} Canadian Music Week,{{cite web |url=http://www.supernova.com/news/3124/CMW-2010-Hot-Acts-Jets-Overhead |title=CMW 2010 Hot Acts: Jets Overhead |date=March 2, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928175552/http://www.supernova.com/news/3124/CMW-2010-Hot-Acts-Jets-Overhead |url-status=dead }} the 2010 Winter Olympics,{{cite web |url=http://puregrainaudio.com/news/jets-overhead-to-perform-at-coachella-cmw-and-sxsw |title=Jets Overhead to Perform at Coachella, CMW and SXSW |author=Chris Gonda |date=February 3, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330192310/http://puregrainaudio.com/news/jets-overhead-to-perform-at-coachella-cmw-and-sxsw |url-status=dead }} and the Bridge School Benefit,{{cite web |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Jets+Overhead+Sonic+rockers/3889314/story.html |title=Jets Overhead – Sonic rockers |author=Mike Devlin |date=November 26, 2010 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330174148/http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Jets%20Overhead%20Sonic%20rockers/3889314/story.html |url-status=dead }} among other events. The band has toured internationally in the UK,{{cite web |url=http://www.getloud.ca/en/turnitup_wotl.asp?id=36 |title=Jets Overhead |year=2011 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050716/http://www.getloud.ca/en/turnitup_wotl.asp?ID=36 |url-status=dead }} Germany,{{cite web |url=http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2007/09/05/Kultur/Popkomm-wirft-Schatten-voraus |title=Popkomm wirft Schatten voraus |date=September 5, 2007 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |language=de |trans-title=Popkomm casts shadow}} Ireland, and China.{{cite web |url=http://www.guttersnipenews.com/music/jets-overhead/ |title=Interview – Jets Overhead's Adam Kittredge |date=May 25, 2009 |accessdate=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=April 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405012446/http://www.guttersnipenews.com/music/jets-overhead/ |url-status=dead }}

Jets Overhead songs have been featured on the television shows House, Bones,{{cite web| title = The Predator in the Pool| work = Fox (Entertainment Group) Fox| url = http://www.fox.com/bones/recaps/season-5/episode-18.php| accessdate = June 24, 2011| archive-date = May 25, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100525141229/http://www.fox.com/bones/recaps/season-5/episode-18.php| url-status = dead}} Pretty Little Liars,{{cite web| title = "Jets Overhead in Pretty Little Liars" – 2011| work = moogi| url = http://www.moogi.com/artists/jets-overhead/9904/appearances/show524/| accessdate = June 24, 2011| archive-date = March 19, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319062341/http://www.moogi.com/artists/jets-overhead/9904/appearances/show524/| url-status = dead}} Whistler,{{cite web| title = "Family Ties Trivia and Quotes" – 2011| work = TV.com| url = http://www.tv.com/whistler/family-ties/episode/1091269/trivia.html| accessdate = June 24, 2011}} Falcon Beach,{{cite web| title = "Music Credits" – 2008| work = BBC| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/falconbeach/about/music_credits2.shtml| accessdate = June 24, 2011}} Jozi-H,{{cite web| title = "Jozi-H" – 2011| work = TV.com| url = http://www.tv.com/jozi-h/blue-eyes/episode/1065810/summary.html?tag=episode_header;summary| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120914090056/http://www.tv.com/jozi-h/blue-eyes/episode/1065810/summary.html?tag=episode_header;summary| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 14, 2012| accessdate = June 24, 2011}} The Best Years,{{cite web| title = "Cruising Trivia and Quotes" – 2011| work = TV.com| url = http://www.tv.com/the-best-years/cruising/episode/1120526/trivia.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130204222205/http://www.tv.com/the-best-years/cruising/episode/1120526/trivia.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = February 4, 2013| accessdate = June 24, 2011}} ReGenesis,{{cite web| title = "Bloodless" – 2011| work = TV.com| url = http://www.tv.com/regenesis/bloodless/episode/1192886/summary.html?tag=episode_header;summary| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130204232350/http://www.tv.com/regenesis/bloodless/episode/1192886/summary.html?tag=episode_header;summary| url-status = dead| archive-date = February 4, 2013| accessdate = June 24, 2011}} and others.

Antonia Freybe-Smith co-wrote and contributed vocals to the DJ Phynn track "Hello Love", which was released in 2010 by Black Hole Recordings, along with a remix by Mr. Pit.{{cite web |url=http://www.phynn.com/phynn-feat-antonia-from-jets-overhead-hello-love |title=Phynn feat. Antonia from Jets Overhead – Hello Love |year=2011 |work=phynn.com |accessdate=July 5, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005041433/http://www.phynn.com/phynn-feat-antonia-from-jets-overhead-hello-love|archivedate=October 5, 2011}} In 2006, the Grammy-nominated producer and DJ Morgan Page remixed the Jets Overhead song "All the People."{{cite web |url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/remixersproducers/a/MorganPageInt_2.htm |title=Morgan Page Interview |author=Jon Viera |year=2011 |work=about.com |accessdate=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=August 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819091814/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/remixersproducers/a/MorganPageInt_2.htm |url-status=dead }} In 2007, Jets Overhead contributed a cover of the Buffalo Springfield song "Mr. Soul" to Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young, in support of the Bridge School.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1388279 |title=Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young |year=2011 |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 5, 2011}} "Get It Right" was featured on the Canadian 2006 War Child benefit compilation Help!: A Day in the Life, along with Coldplay, Radiohead, City and Colour, and other artists.{{cite web |url=http://www.warchild.org/news/News_archive/2006/Helpadayinthelifeof/helpadayinthelifeof.html |title=New War Child CD:Help!: A Day in the Life |year=2007 |work=warchild.org |accessdate=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910020552/http://www.warchild.org/news/News_archive/2006/Helpadayinthelifeof/helpadayinthelifeof.html |url-status=dead }}

Jets Overhead were nominated for New Group of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=db653e27-7f45-48cf-b5d8-5e580fc97bbe |title=The 2007 Juno Nominations & Winners |date=April 1, 2007 |work=canada.com |access-date=July 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810010419/http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=db653e27-7f45-48cf-b5d8-5e580fc97bbe |archive-date=August 10, 2011 }} No Nations won Monday Magazine's Favorite Album of 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.mondaymag.com/articles/entry/tins-of-talent |title=Tins of Talent |author=Amanda Farrell-Low |date=March 31, 2010 |work=mondaymag.com |accessdate=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714111755/http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/tins-of-talent/ |url-status=dead }} The music video for "Heading for Nowhere" was nominated for Music Video of the Year at the 2010 Leo Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/nominees_by_program_2010.html#Music_Video |title=Leo Awards, 2010 Nominees by Program |work=leoawards.com |accessdate=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=September 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030852/http://www.leoawards.com/nominees_by_program_2010.html#Music_Video |url-status=dead }} and the video for "Sun Sun Sun" was voted as a top 20 video at the 2004 Indie Music Video Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7126799 |title=Jets Overhead CD |year=2011 |work=cduniverse.com |publisher=muze inc |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}

Jocelyn Greenwood plays a 1978 Rickenbacker 4001 bass through an Ampeg SVT cab, an Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes pedal, and a Fender Blues Junior guitar amp. Her equipment provides the distinctive fuzzy bass sound on "Heading for Nowhere" and many of the band's recordings.{{cite web |url=http://jetsoverhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jocelyn_cm1.jpg |title=Jocelyn Greenwood Jets Overhead |accessdate=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022731/http://jetsoverhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jocelyn_cm1.jpg |url-status=dead }} On No Nations, Adam Kittredge and Luke Renshaw are both credited as playing an ARP Solina synthesizer.{{cite web| author=Jets Overhead | title=Jets Overhead on BandCamp.com | url=http://jetsoverhead.bandcamp.com/album/no-nations | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}

Current

• Antonia Freybe-Smith – vocals
• Jocelyn Greenwood – bass
• Piers Henwood – guitar
• Adam Kittredge – vocals
• Luke Renshaw – drums

Past

• Brendan Pye – drums

• Bridges (2006)
• No Nations (2009)
• Boredom and Joy (2012)

• Jets Overhead (2003)
• Bystander (2011)

• Lost Melodies: A Collection of Rarities, Demos, and Remixes (2007)
• Live at Sasquatch Festival 2010 (2010)
• The Timing: 15 Years of Jets Overhead (2018)

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