Joel Myles & The Jetpack Academy
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | SELF
Music
Press
Kaleidoscope The Keys is certainly an appropriate title for Joel Myles’ EP. The colourfully diverse array of tracks demonstrates exactly how pop-rock should be approached, and never falls into passive background noise. The transition between songs has the same air of pleasant anticipation of reaching into a big bag of Jelly Belly all-flavoured beans – it’s impossible to predict what you’ll get next, and where’s the fun in that anyway? Brisbanite Myles’ voice is refreshingly Australian, and it’s not difficult to see why his hit single Smoke And Mirrors was voted into the Rock top 50 for MusicOZ 2010. Listeners will come away more likely than not humming along to an internal opus of choruses oozing theatrics. Track two on the EP, Unpunishable, commences with a rather unexpected classic guitar riff, which works splendidly with the album’s ethos. Myles’ album is set for release this month and with any luck it will deliver the same refreshing spontaneity that Kaleidoscope The Keys encompasses so effortlessly. - - JAYVIA MAGINI, Rave Magazine (Apr 20, 2010)
Discography
Joel Myles & The Jetpack Academy have released the single "Future Hearts". June 25, 2011.
Joel Myles released "Kaleidoscope the Keys" Debut EP in April 2010.
Photos
Bio
Joel Myles & The Jetpack Academy has gained serious momentum around Brisbane and abroad of late. A successful Debut EP "Kaleidoscope the Keys" in April 2010 saw the band kick off an east coast tour supporting Wolfmother.
Joel’s track Sidewalk Stray was shortlisted to the top 125 in the Vanda and Young Song Competition out of 3,156 entries in 2010. "Smoke and Mirrors" the first single lifted from the EP has been spun on Commercial radio station Nova 106.9fm in Brisbane and i98fm Australian Music Program in Sydney. Joel's EP was selected by AMPRAP AirIT program to be delivered to community radio stations around the country, over 40 stations downloaded tracks and added to their playlists.
Smoke and mirrors was named "Best Recording" in the MVMU Competition and the Music Video made in collaboration with Enjoy Productions won "Best Video", "Best Editing" and also "Best Director" in the 2010 Music Video Mash Up Competition. The clip was aired nationally on Video Hits. The Video was serviced to a number of Music Video Outlets and is in the process of scheduling on Channel V.
The Brisbane based singer/songwriter has performed as a soloist and with a band alongside some of Australia's top acts such as Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, The Living End, Karnivool, The Screaming Jets, Thirsty Merc, Jebediah, Pollyanna, Diesel, Jonothan Boulet and Shihad. Joel has an incredible amount of live performance experience opening Main Stage at Splendour in the Grass Sunday August 1, 2010 with his Alternative Rock band RVLR.
Joel Myles and the Jetpack Academy played the Hale St Stage at the 2011 Caxton St Seafood Festival and have made regular appearances at Brisbane's most prestigious venues including The Hi fi, The Zoo, The Troubadour, Rics, The Globe.
Joel Myles and the Jetpack Academy embarked on a 10 Date East Coast Tour mid 2011 for their current single "Future Hearts".
Joel Myles is an artist with a gift for clever wordplay. His songs are diverse, engaging, catchy and delivered with passion, exuberance and punch by his full Rock band sound. Not your typical singer-songwriter. Joel has been influenced by many guitar driven bands such as Powderfinger, Foo Fighters, R.E.M, Silverchair and mixes his musical interests in Blur, The Beatles, Joy Division, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Whitlams and Josh Pyke into a unique Pop Rock Australian sound that sets him apart from other Male artist solo stories.
Contact:
Joel Myles
For Booking Enquiries:
Jess Ralph 0414575782
Wearetheindustry
newcitypresents@hotmail.com
Joel Myles 0405774904
joelmylesmusic@hotmail.com
www.joelmyles.com
www.facebook.com/joelmylesandthejetpackacademy
Links
