by
Comet Gain
- Record Label: What's Your Rupture?
- Release Date: Oct 25, 2011
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Oct 24, 2011Howl of the Lonely Crowd will get some notice due to the people who produced it, as it should, but at its core it's further proof of Comet Gain as one of the great hidden rock & roll treasures of the last 20 years.
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Oct 11, 2011Old indie hero Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice produced the band's sixth album, and the joy is palpable.
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Under The RadarNov 2, 2011Comet Gain's sixth and finest LP to date. [Oct 2011, p.98]
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UncutJul 28, 2011With guests including trumpeter Terry Edwards and The Clientele's Alasdair MacLean, theses pure, poetic songs advance their euphoric yet melancholy quest for improbable romance. [Jun 2011, p.79]
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Jun 20, 2011He's [Comet Gain's David Feck] in untouchable form here.
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Jun 20, 2011Howl of the Lonely Crowd is a strong, seasoned indie-pop record that'll sustain the cult while opening up yet another avenue for the curious to stumble across one of the more tragically ignored bands of their time.
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Aug 3, 2011Even if Lonely Crowd doesn't quite live up to the bar set by Broken Record Prayers-- which was, after all, a singles collection-- there's still something dependably refreshing about a new Comet Gain record.
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Jan 3, 2012What's been created across this baker's dozen tracks is nothing short of a poignant, powerful referendum on the state of modern England that cements CG's place as one of the finest and most resilient indie acts to emerge from the UK.
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MagnetNov 15, 2011Howl works best when Feck and Co. marry their frustrated empathy with hopeful jubilation, letting the kids know that although they're lonely, they're certainly not alone. [#82, p. 53]
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Jun 20, 2011This is an album in a platonic sense, crafted around a clutch of real hits that were made for group enjoyment on the radio, not just for headphones in coffeehouses. And, like every Comet Gain album that's come before, it succeeds.
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Jan 10, 2012Sounds of a certain vintage, which can net a poignant, tragic-romantic classic ("The Weekend Dreams"), but occasionally overreaches.
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Oct 6, 2011It's difficult to be so down on an album that's this agreeable, but you can't help but feel you're listening to a band that's just settling with familiar patterns.
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Jun 20, 2011Overall, Howl never reaches the indie-pop heavens that City Fallen Leaves--with its Kill Rock Stars liner notes and paeans to mixtapes--came close to reaching. Comet Gain have yet to maintain the balance of skill and mystery needed to make a listener look beyond the noise and seek out what is being referenced in their songs.
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Oct 11, 2011With Howl of the Lonely Crowd, Comet Gain will likely continue to lack recognition.