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Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Oct 24, 2011
    90
    Howl 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.
  2. Oct 11, 2011
    83
    Old indie hero Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice produced the band's sixth album, and the joy is palpable.
  3. Under The Radar
    Nov 2, 2011
    80
    Comet Gain's sixth and finest LP to date. [Oct 2011, p.98]
  4. Uncut
    Jul 28, 2011
    80
    With 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]
  5. Jun 20, 2011
    80
    He's [Comet Gain's David Feck] in untouchable form here.
  6. Jun 20, 2011
    75
    Howl 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.
  7. Aug 3, 2011
    73
    Even 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.
  8. Jan 3, 2012
    70
    What'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.
  9. Magnet
    Nov 15, 2011
    70
    Howl 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]
  10. Jun 20, 2011
    70
    This 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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