Mystery Jets Plan To Work With Erol Alkan On Third Album

Mystery Jets frontman Blaine Harrison took time out at Leeds Festival this weekend to talk to Gigwise about his hopes for the band’s next album.

“We’ve always been very flirtatious with genres,” Blaine said, “for the next album, I don’t want it to sound like anything we’ve done. We’re probably going to work with Erol Alkan,as he’s really keen on doing it, so maybe he’s got some ideas.”

Mystery Jets' second album, '21', was released in March this year and has helped to catapult them into the mainstream and saw them attracting a huge crowd to their Radio 1stage set at Leeds on Sunday afternoon.

“It’s not that common for that to happen these days,” Blaine said of their rising success. “It seems that if the first album doesn’t stick then that’s often game over for a lot of bands,there’s a really quick turnover. I think we’ve been really lucky not to get sucked down that plughole.”

Reading and Leeds was the first time the Mystery Jets have performed for a month since Blaine was taken into hospital for spina bifida treatment.

He spoke of his excitement for the band’s forthcoming tour,saying, “It’s the biggest we’ve done in terms of venues, and I’m just hoping I’m more with it by that time.”

Mystery Jets will tour in October, before embarking on a European tour supporting The Kooks.

Click here to see Mystery Jets and more in live action on the final day of Leeds Festival.