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in 'Love' is the follow-up to the band's 2008 breakthrough album, What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?, which garnered extensive acclaim, including an 8.0 rating from Pitchfork, Spin 'Artist of the Day' honors and an in-studio performance for KEXP.

Like its predecessor, in 'Love' is a concept album. However, where the prior album explored the personal conflicts and human costs of the Bush-era war on terror, in 'Love' focuses on the more universal -- if no less complicated -- matters of love, intimacy and the frailty of human relationships. Specifically, the album tells the story of an affair between a married man and woman from each lover's perspective, the devastating effect of the affair on their families, and the couple's (and, indeed, our own) neverending struggle to reconcile passion, duty and the prospect of finding true happiness in life.

But don't let the album's subject matter make you think the band has gone soft. Just the opposite: in 'Love' finds The Jet Age hitting on all cylinders, from Eric Tischler's virtuosic guitar work, to Greg Bennett's driving, intricate bass lines, to Pete Nuwayser's 'Keith Moon on steroids' drumming. The album even finds the band expanding its range to include new styles, seamlessly integrating soul and disco with its trademark classic rock-meets-shoegaze sound. As a result, the band's music and musicianship end up telling as much of in 'Love''s compelling story as the lyrics themselves.