Jet By Day

Jet by Day came together in Athens, GA, during 1997, when University of Georgia students guitarist and vocalist David Matysiak, drummer Tom Naumann, and bassist Bo Wamsley began performing their emo-inflected indie rock, marked by a hard rock guitar edge, at local house parties and underground punk clubs throughout the state. As the trio gained traction on the Southern indie circuit, Wamsley stepped away amicably in 1999 to focus on academics, with Amy Burmeister taking over on bass. The band self-released a seven-song EP titled Autumn Means It's All Downhill in 1998, followed in 1999 by a four-song self-titled EP; both titles soon went out of print. Second guitarist Mason Brown came aboard in 2000, sharpening the group’s previously spare punk-rooted approach into something more expansive and dynamic. Work on their debut full-length began the next year, with Shellac’s Bob Weston handling production duties; the resulting The Feedback that Distracts Us appeared on Atlanta’s Moodswing imprint and found solid regional and college-radio support. The band then moved to Kindercore for 2003’s Cascadia, which tightened their sound still further, though Burmeister exited that August just prior to a tour alongside Hey Mercedes and Damone before forming Black Kites.