Comet Gain The Misfit Jukebox Import LP

Since 1992, the collective around David Christian has been stoically producing unique noise pop. Comet Gain are a band in which the Swell Maps and the Undertones shake hands in the Wigan Casino. Admittedly, a skewed picture. But as with every outstanding band, one fails to describe the sound of Comet Gain. You just have to hear it. When the Corona shit hit the fan in 2020, David Christian, who now lives in the beautiful south of France, had the leisure to dig through the considerable Comet Gain archive and presented the astonished Comet Gain community with new compilations of outtakes, demos, live recordings, and simply forgotten and never-released hits every Bandcamp Friday. The Misfit Jukebox is now a compilation of these compilations, the topper-most of the popper-most from a hitherto unseen or unheard part of the CG universe.

"...So here I am with a new Comet Gain, old friends like Jon Slade Darren Smith making demos in a London living room for whatever comes next. 'Post USA' & 'Skinny Wolves,' both sung by Rachel Evans, are more spiky-elbowed little skeletons...when the genial sound stack Woodie Taylor arrives we embark on an expedition of EPs, LPs, 45s in a non-linear gibbering slow/rush of an almost career... 'Never Die' was a Réalistes LP outtake now home on Beautiful Despair 12" EP for Kevin Pedersen. 'No Spotlite on Sometimes,' 'Herbert Huncke Part 3' - we somehow did in an airless east end dungeon while visiting punk guitarists stole some of the band for local pup crawls. This' Herbert H' was the first we did, meant for the Germs of Youth 45 but a typical CG error meant the muckering-about jam version ended up for the disc. 'Fists in the Pocket' was a softer demo I lost before the band heard [it], and 'Weekend Dreams' was on Kiko Amat's La Doble Vida split 45 with Hello Cuca. We did this in a feral one-take before the neighbors got back from work. I like it that way. By the time we got to the almost professional Paperback Ghosts and Howl of the Lonely Crowd, we'd lost Jon Kay Ishikawa but found Ben Phillpson, James Hornsey, Anne Laure Guillain. 'Your Just Lonely' are B sides from the records featuring friends Alasdair MacLean, Lupe Nunez on vocals. This particular tale ends with the most recent song, which is about the group I've just wrote of, 'Even This Could Be Beautiful,' because, yes, even these erratic, warped, mumbling, innocent things can be. It's been fun so far. Enjoy the LP." -David