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Comet Gain

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Oxford, United Kingdom (1992 – present)

Comet Gain is a British indie rock band with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and northern soul. The band includes ex-Huggy Bear bass player Jon Slade and included future Velocette members Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes.

Comet Gain was started in David Feck’s bedroom in Oxford, United Kingdom in 1992. He roped in housemate Phil Sutton, (who went by the ridiculous moniker Hoffner Burns) to play drums, and then persuaded Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes, who lived round the corner to join. He found guitarist Sam Pluck, little fella with a nice anorak, looked a bit like a girl…er… in London and thus was born the first stage of the …er…Latest Soul Vision! Yes! They all met and played for the first time at the Monarch pub in Camden in 1993. You could do that then. Incidently Feck also met future CG singer Rachel Evans that same night. Foresight and planning!

Mr Wiiija, Gary Walker, saw them and signed them up, and before you could say ‘You know’ three times, they had put out a single ‘Aliens at War’/’A Kind of Loving”, which single handedly sounded like the TVPs, a bit. They then released the original version of ‘Kids at the Club’, backed with a song ruined by Feck and Phil’s awful rythm section, called ‘Goodbye Song’, for which at least one of them is still sorry.

But then, came a record beloved by Twee pop fans everywhere - though in those days they were called Cuties (well they were younger then!) that was also championed by DJ Danny Rampling at his club…no that’s not right.

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Top Tracks

1	Love Without Lies	94
2	The Fists in the Pocket	50
3	Just One More Summer Before I Go	45
4	Fingernailed for You	42
5	Gone Before We Open Our Eyes	41
6	Young Lions	40
7	Days I Forgot to Write Down	39
7	This English Melancholy	39
9	Daydream Scars	38
10	Bored Roar	37
11	If I Had A Soul	36
12	Jack Nance Hair	35
12	Asleep on the Snow	35
14	Beautiful Despair full track	33
15	Seven Sisters to Silverlake	32

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LivvyUTG wrote:
9 days ago

you can hide your love forever <3

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Lost_Souls_UK wrote:
23 days ago

Does no one else love 'Try To Look So Bad'?

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i-choi wrote:
November 2008

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=425481457 Check out the 1234 Trailer.

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mystoneybaby wrote:
November 2008

oh wow, these similiar artists are beau-tee-full *_*

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mystoneybaby wrote:
November 2008

i love you dipikia! they better play at next year's popfest!!!!

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rockstermonkey wrote:
November 2008

i love the new tunes on the love without lies 7''

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egg_fang wrote:
April 2008

oh yeah, the address *blush* is www.myspace.com/wrapyrtroublesindreams

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egg_fang wrote:
April 2008

Come and visit my zine.. I'm interviewing Comet Gain for issue one! xx

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Captain_Captain wrote:
March 2008

can anyone point me to a copy of You Can Hide Your Love Forever?!? It's become legendary in my mind!

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missruffian wrote:
March 2008

I haven't heard anything since 'sneaky'. But oh how I do love Casino Classics. Especially the sleeve notes.

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eplektriknastr wrote:
January 2008

you can hide your love forever is still the best pop song ever.

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nickwafer wrote:
October 2007

i don't get the northern soul influence.

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pj_harvey wrote:
May 2007

i like

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qadobes3 wrote:
May 2006

this is HOT!

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