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Williams had randomly written a handful of Christmas tunes so in October 2009, The Nobility decided to officially record them and release them as an EP. David Dewese stepped back in on bass and the songs were tracked at a Nashville studio where Cheyenne Medders worked as an
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Williams had done on 4-track called "The Birds & The Bees" was added. The three-song single was released digitally in spring of 2009. While Benjamin A. Harper plays bass on the two main songs, Cheyenne Medders is seen playing bass in the "Gentle Giant" video and David Dewese is seen playing
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Minneapolis contacted the band asking them to be the subject of a children's book which chronicled the ins and outs of performing in a rock band. Hoping to avoid any legal troubles that would impede the national release of the EP or the children's book, Jetpack came up with a stopgap
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entitled "Mathematics." Down two members, they asked close friends Brian
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who had added a "UK" to their name for similar reasons. With legal trouble out of the way for the moment, Jetpack UK launched an extensive tour of the
Eastern and Midwestern United States in the summer of 2006 to support
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Nobility went back into the studio with Brian Carter to record a collection of songs based on Sean Williams' childhood experiences. The resulting album—
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and were now shifting their focus to record more material. That fall, they went back into the studio with Brian Carter to lay down a song that had been in contention for
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in one of Williams' new songs ("Halleluiah Chorus"). The band continued to perform under Jetpack UK until the official release of
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was recorded over several weeks and utilized a handful of extra musicians including noted cellist, Cara Fox (
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podcast praised the album for its attention to detail, carefully mapped out harmonies and sheer exuberance.
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was released on July 31, 2007, and received high praise from several media outlets including
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was released in early 2005 marking a distinct shift in their sound and lyrical content.
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