KEEGAN POWELL AND THE JETPACKS
THURSDAY, JUNE 12 @ BABY G (11PM)
KEEGAN POWELL AND THE JETPACKS is a Toronto-based band combining elements of psychedelic rock, with alternative folk, brit pop, and shoe gaze, to create something completely their own. Powell started his journey writing and recording in Toronto rock band Teenage Kicks (Resolution/EMI) as guitarist on their debut album 'Spoils of Youth' recorded with Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures).
In 2023, Powell released FEAR BE GONE, which came from the marriage of two unlikely, yet related places which inspired Powell to approach songwriting from a new perspective. The marrying of the literary and the lyrical derived from a book he started writing called Scatterings; part allegorical, one part poetry, one part short stories. As the poetic parts of the book started to form, Keegan realized the poems could potentially build some of the narrative for an album he was writing serendipitously.
Imbued with infectious hooks and ferocious energy, 2024’s ALIEN RADIO is a compilation album composed of tracks previously released and unreleased from Powell’s archive, spanning across several separate recordings from the years 2016-2019. The tracks are a glimpse into an artist trying to overreach his ability and achieving it, only to forget about it altogether. Unearthed years later, what remains is an ultimate companion piece to his current released work. The results are crystal clear pop songs in the guise of quarter life angst that make for some of the most exciting rock music heard this decade.
Hometown: Toronto, ON, Canada
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