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{{short description|American rock band}}
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| name             = Jets to Brazil
| image            = Jets To Brazil at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, 2001-04-29.jpg
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| background       = group_or_band
| origin           = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[emo]]}}
| years_active     = 1997–2003
| label            = [[Jade Tree Records]]
| spinoff_of          = [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]], [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]], [[Texas Is The Reason]]
| spinoffs       = [[The Thorns of Life]], [[Cub Country]]
| website          = 
| current_members  = 
| past_members     = [[Blake Schwarzenbach]]<br>[[Jeremy Chatelain (bassist)|Jeremy Chatelain]]<br>Chris Daly<br>Brian Maryansky<br>Pete Martin
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'''Jets to Brazil''' was an American [[indie rock]] band from [[Brooklyn, New York]], US. They formed in 1997 and were active until 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jets To Brazil |url=https://jadetree.com/jets-to-brazil |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Jade Tree |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
Jets to Brazil was founded by [[Blake Schwarzenbach]], the former frontman of [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]], and [[Jeremy Chatelain (bassist)|Jeremy Chatelain]], previously the guitarist and vocalist of [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]], when Schwarzenbach relocated to [[New York City]] after Jawbreaker's disbanding. The two began working on four-track recordings aided by [[drum machine]]s until former [[Texas Is the Reason]] drummer Chris Daly joined the band, and they signed to [[Jade Tree Records]]. The origin of the band's name came from a suggestion by Daly, after seeing it on a poster in the 1961&nbsp;film ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''.

The group's first album, ''[[Orange Rhyming Dictionary]]'', was released on Jade Tree Records in 1998 to critical and commercial success, followed by extensive touring with bands like [[The Promise Ring]]. Their second album, ''[[Four Cornered Night]]'', was released in 2000 to mainly positive reviews. ''Four Cornered Night'' was the first album to feature new [[guitarist]] Brian Maryansky, formerly of the band [[The Van Pelt]]. With Maryansky included in the band, this allowed Schwarzenbach to also become the keyboard player for the band. In 2002, Jets to Brazil released their third and final album, ''[[Perfecting Loneliness]]'', to positive reviews.

By the fall of 2003, less than a year after the release of ''Perfecting Loneliness'', the band broke up for unspecified reasons.

[[Blake Schwarzenbach|Schwarzenbach]] teaches [[English studies|English]] at [[Hunter College]] in New York City and is pursuing a PhD in [[English Literature]]. In October 2008, he started a new band, [[The Thorns of Life]], but was short-lived and broke up in August 2009. Shortly afterwards, Schwarzenbach enlisted [[Against Me!]] drummer [[Kevin Mahon (musician)|Kevin Mahon]] and [[bassist]] Caroline Paquita to form [[Forgetters]] who released an album and started their own record label, Too Small To Fail Records. In 2017, Schwarzenbach reunited with [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72987-jawbreaker-reunite-after-21-years-for-riot-fest-2017/|title=Jawbreaker Reunite After 21 Years for Riot Fest 2017|website=Pitchfork.com|date=19 April 2017 |accessdate=2020-03-26}}</ref>

Daly reunited with Texas Is The Reason for two shows at the [[Irving Plaza]] in New York City in November 2006 and a reunion tour from 2012 to 2013.

"Sweet Avenue", the final track of ''Orange Rhyming Dictionary'', has often been attributed to [[Damien Rice]] due to misattribution on [[peer-to-peer]] networks.

On March 25, 2019, during the Q&A portion a screening of Jawbreaker's documentary ''Don't Break Down'', Schwarzenbach answered a fan question regarding a Jets To Brazil reunion to which he answered it may happen one day but his present main focus is on Jawbreaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/jawbreaker-documentary-screening-nitehawk-prospect-park-w-band-qa/|title=Jawbreaker documentary screening @ Nitehawk Prospect Park w/ band Q&A|website=BrooklynVegan.com|date=15 February 2019 |accessdate=2020-03-26}}</ref>

==Members==
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; Final line-up
*[[Blake Schwarzenbach]] – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, mellotron <small>(1997–2003)</small>; drum machine <small>(1997)</small>
*[[Jeremy Chatelain (bassist)|Jeremy Chatelain]] – bass, backing vocals <small>(1997–2003)</small>; drum machine <small>(1997)</small>
*Chris Daly – drums, percussion <small>(1997–2003)</small> 
*Brian Maryansky – guitars <small>(1998–2003)</small>

; Former members
*Pete Martin – guitars <small>(1997)</small>
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; Studio contributors
*Amy Domingues – cello <small>(2000, 2002)</small>
*J. Robbins – guitars, backing vocals <small>(1998)</small>; mellotron, sequencer <small>(2002)</small>; Robbins was also the producer of all the band's albums.
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==Discography==
*''[[Orange Rhyming Dictionary]]'' (1998)
*''[[Four Cornered Night]]'' (2000)
*''[[Perfecting Loneliness]]'' (2002)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.angelfire.com/un/jetstobrazil/ Chris' JTB Page]
*[http://www.jadetree.com/jets-to-brazil/ JTB page on Jade Tree Records website]

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[[Category:Alternative rock groups from New York (state)]]
[[Category:American emo musical groups]]
[[Category:Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Jade Tree (record label) artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1997]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Brooklyn]]