Comet Gain

Indie rock is littered with forgotten gems. You stumble upon bands and they quickly give life a new, fresh meaning, even if only for the time it takes for your record player needle to span the width of a 7-inch. There was a time when people felt that exciting novelty about U2 (though it’s hard to believe now) and then the Smiths, then Jesus and Mary Chain, and then the Vaselines, then the Cribs, and so on and so forth. The bands pass the baton forward through the insatiable appetite of music fans, who then in turn pick up their guitars, synths, drumsticks, laptops, and continue the relay. (More …)