Mystery Jets have surprised fans with the release of new covers album ‘Home Protests’ – which sees them putting their own spin on classics from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and Willy Mason.The new record also sees the London band extending the themes of their most recent record, ‘A Billion Heartbeats’, to cover a series of protest classics.As well as delivering their own take Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, the album sees the Jets covering Newman’s ‘Short People’ and Mason’s ‘Oxygen’.Other tracks include their covers of Robert Wyatt’s ‘The Age of Self’ and ‘Don’t Give Up’ – Peter Gabriel’s 1986 duet with Kate Bush.A post shared by.
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