Comets on Fire new lp Avatar Has Leaked !!!
 

I knew they were coming out with a new album but i didnt think i'd get to hear it this soon.

Hear's what sub pop has to say about the new record:

After 2004’s critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral, one might have expected Comets on Fire to blast off into the cosmos in an infinite flurry of lysergic spasmodicism. Surprising, then, that they should turn in an earthy, more accessible and downright beautiful album as their follow-up. Then again, it is a completely logical progression, but in reverse, sort of. On Avatar their astonishing new album, Comets display development in every direction: as musicians, as songwriters, as arrangers and as singers (?!), without sacrificing one ounce of the intensity that is expected from our heroes. As on Blue Cathedral, the diversity of the material is staggering. Avatar veers from swinging, bluesy explorations to piano-laced, progressive power balladry, to pure tribalism, evoking everyone from the Allmans, to Quicksilver, to Procol Harum, to some insane Fela/Sun Ra/Crazy Horse hybrid, yet remains wholly Comets on Fire. Though they play cleaner and clearer, their firepower is evident and abundant. They have shifted gears and opened themselves up completely. You should do the same.

you can find the record in full on soulseek

Thanks for the info. I keep checking their site, but they hardly ever update it.

Any word on the release date?

it officially comes out August 8th

So much for my thread...

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=2306

haha, just kidding...Cool. Now if I can just find their albums somewhere where I don't have to drive 1 + hours to get to.

A little bump...

I'm listening to the leaked version right now... It's really different. Sounds nothing like Comets On Fire.

REALLY classic rock influenced. It sounds like something you would here on like a 'Lost Classics' show on a classic rock radio station. This album will definatly alienate a lot of fans. There is really only one song with the fierce sonic blast from the previous records.

I'm not too into it, but I feel it will grow on me.

One more bump! I can't help it, I love this band.



album cover