Comet Gain
Howl of the Lonely Crowd (What's Your Rupture?)
Since 1992, beloved British indie act Comet Gain has been rattling the
most obscurant of cages in the service of youth culture sympathy, a
staccato stream of iconographic missives to "the kids" as they walk
this Earth, cool to the touch and sometimes shaken up inside. If the
group hasn't become a household name, it certainly hasn't vanished
from sight, even throughout lineup changes, label jumping, and
decidedly non-careerist behavior that would have felled thousands of
bands in their position. Leader David Feck's positions on how to
operate his endeavor run counter-clockwise to just about any other
band on a timeline this extended; And yet that's the beauty of the
Comet Gain machine, and of Howl of the Lonely Crowd as a whole. Here
are pages of a scrapbook of eternal youth, the perfect songs
connecting sentiments on a mixtape. Here's to sitting alone in your
room, certain that no one else in the world understands what you're
feeling until you drop the needle on the record, and all of your
colliding thoughts spelled out for you.
Led by songwriter David Feck, the current Comet Gain line up includes,
ex-Huggy Bear bassist Jon Slade (guitar), Rachel Evans (vocals), Kay
Ishikawa (bass), ex-Morrissey/The Meteors drummer Woodie Taylor
(percussion), Anne Laure Guillain (keyboards), and Ben Phillipson
(guitar). Howl of the Lonely Crowd was recorded and produced by
British music icon Edwyn Collins, Ryan Jarman of The Cribs, with
further production work by Brian O'Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine,
Primal Scream) and Alasdair Maclean of The Clientele. Comet Gain's
influence remains a traceable and tangible thing; galvanizing iconic
bands and musicians, from Bikini Kill, The Make-Up, The Yummy Fur,
Jens Lekman, Herman Dune, to a younger generation of DIY musicians
like The Cribs, Let's Wrestle, Male Bonding, Love Is All, Veronica
Falls, and Crystal Stilts, and Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
Howl of the Lonely crowd is a chance to know what the lucky misfits
and clued-in outcasts have known all along, that the masterpieces are
in the margins, that each record has a full story to tell, and the
singles just have to get there faster than the albums. Here's to
speed, to melody, to soul in all of its incarnations. Here's to
figuring it out on your own, with a little help from people thousands
of miles away. Most importantly, here's to your newest obsession, in
songs that age without so much as a wrinkle or a fallen eyelash.
What's Your Rupture? is proud to present Howl of the Lonely Crowd on
compact disc, digital download, and vinyl formats.
back to top
|
