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Unreferenced|date=November 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Jets to Brazil| image = Jets To Brazil at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, 2001-04-29.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Brooklyn, New York , United States|USA | genre = Emo , indie rock | years_active = 1997–2003| label = Jade Tree Records | website =| current_members =| past_members = Blake Schwarzenbach Jeremy Chatelain (bassist)|Jeremy Chatelain Chris Daly Brian MaryanskyJets to Brazil was an United States|American rock band formed in 1997. It was founded by Blake Schwarzenbach , former frontman of Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker . When Schwarzenbach relocated to Brooklyn, New York , after Jawbreaker had disbanded, he reunited with friend Jeremy Chatelain (bassist)|Jeremy Chatelain and the two began working on four-track recordings aided by drum machine s. This lasted until former Texas Is the Reason drummer Chris Daly joined the band. Daly came up with the name "Jets to Brazil", and the band joined Jade Tree Records in 1997. The origin of the band's name comes from a poster in the film '' Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's , a film well liked among the band members.
The group's first album, Orange Rhyming Dictionary , was released on Jade Tree Records in 1998. They did extensive touring following its release with bands like The Promise Ring . The band followed up the success of Orange Rhyming Dictionary with Four Cornered Night in 2000. Four Cornered Night included new guitarist Brian Maryansky, formerly of the band The Van Pelt . This shift allowed Schwarzenbach to become the pianist for the band. In 2002 in music|2002 , Jets to Brazil launched their third& mdash;and what was to be final& mdash;album, Perfecting Loneliness . By fall 2003 in music|2003 , the band had broken up for unspecified reasons.
Schwarzenbach now teaches English at Hunter College in New York and is pursuing a Ph.D. in English Literature; in October 2008, he started a new band, The Thorns of Life . In August 2009, shortly after the breakup of The Thorns Of Life. Schwarzenbach enlisted ex- Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon and bassist Caroline Paquita from the band Bitchin' to form the Forgetters . They have since started their own record label, Too Small To Fail Records, and remain active. Daly reunited Texas Is The Reason for two shows at the Irving Plaza in New York City in November 2006, with no further future plans.
"Sweet Avenue", the final track of Orange Rhyming Dictionary, is often attributed to Damien Rice due to misattribution on peer-to-peer networks.
Discography
Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)
Four Cornered Night (2000)
Perfecting Loneliness (2002)
External links
http://www.jets-to-brazil.com/ Jets-to-Brazil Fan Site
http://folk.ntnu.no/krisda Jets To Brazil Resource Page
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