Formed in London in 1992 by singer and songwriter David Christian, Comet Gain were originally inspired by early Creation Records, Television Personalities and mod culture, drawing from the same ideals as Dexys, The Style Council and Vic Godard, and from the lineage of The Velvet Underground, The Byrds and the 13th Floor Elevators. In the ensuing years they have released eight albums on such esteemed labels as Wiiija, Kill Rock Stars, What’s Your Rupture and Fortuna POP! that blend French New Wave with English kitchen-sink heart, Riot Grrrl with acid punk, and C86 with Post-Punk and Northern Soul, somehow outliving their peers and in turn inspiring a younger generation of DIY musicians.
Comet Gain are all things post-punk, DIY, Indie POP, international pop underground, lo fi, garagebeat and folk & rock. Boy/Girl vocals, scratchy guitars, sweet noise and rough melodies, enthusiasm and pain. It's all right here. Put it on, turn it up and feel alive again.
City Fallen Leaves’ was first released in 2005 by Track & Field in the UK and Kill Rock Stars in the USA and is now being reissued worldwide by Tapete Records.
1. The Fists In The Pocket
2. Days I Forgot To Write Down
3. Daydream Scars
4. Bored Roar
5. Seven Sisters To Silverlake
6. This English Melancholy
7. The Punk Got Fucked
8. The Story Of The Vivian Girls
9. Just One More Summer Before I Go
10. Draw A Smile Upon An Egg
11. Your Robert!
12. Fingernailed For You
13. New Mattress
14. Gone Before We Open Our Eyes
15. Right Now? No
16. The Ballad Of A Mix Tape
