Formed in the southern Illinois towns of Belleville and Alton, IL, Billy & The Jets forge a sound with the characteristics and characters of their contemporary American Midwest origins. With a membership of basement rocking friends that revolve around Billy & The Jets front man and songwriter Bill Hudgins, and including drummer Fats Eberlin, bassist Todd Anderson, and guitarist Eric Hensley, The band's music is a litany of working class character sketches in the garments of indie-rock circa your young adult years. The album is full of songs that ride on hope and broken dreams but never lets go of those knee jerk bends that project a subdued ferocity. Consequences are harsh but the investment pays ecstatic dividends. It is a bravadic response to some inferior delay in garage-rock circles that owes nothing to anyone, though one would practice folly to ignore the familiar sources. Look only as far as the tune “Shooting Sun” to see where Hudgins p...