An Invisible Story For My Invisible Friends

This music project should not probably exist in its current iteration.  An Invisible Jet started with the opening of a musical time capsule, preserved over the course of twenty years, dusted off and viewed through a new lens.

 

In the early 2000s, frontman Matt Blum wrote the songs for his debut album while playing with friends in a college band known as Wounded Soldier in Spokane, WA. The songs had a lot of promise, taking inspiration from the guitar-driven rock bands popular in their formative years such as built to spill, dinosaur jr., and the pixies. However, the songs were not only rough around the edges but performed at a time when a proper recording normally required studio time or access to expensive equipment.

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The band went separate ways after graduating, and each of them settled into their careers with music becoming a back-burner hobby. Matt continued to write music, but settled into a career as a divorce lawyer in the Pacific Northwest. These songs were not given much thought, until the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the status quo. The time in isolation was used to learn music production and the songs from his youth were used as the test subject. 

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It is common in the music industry for an older, wiser producer to take the talent of a youthful band and mold it into something that is much more presentable. This is the rare circumstance where that old, grizzled producer and the youthful band are one in the same. An Invisible Jet was formed.

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It is unknown where this project will end up but the plan is to continue to share music in whatever form seems appropriate at the time.