Meet Little Comets, Newcastle-upon-Tyne's answer to Mystery Jets and a gang of four - brothers Robbie and Mickey Coles plus friends Matthew Hall and Mark Harle - who enjoy terrorising intellectuals and frightening the public. They play 'kitchen sink indie' music, citing Debussy, Roald Dahl, Ella Fitzgerald and Paul Simon as influences.
Right from their inception in 2008 the band decided straight away that standard gigs on stages weren't for them. "We do a lot of gigs in university lecture halls, bursting in on trams and Metros and different methods of public transport. It all comes from Mickey. It usually takes about two hours for him to persuade us that it's actually a good idea. We're often stood there thinking 'Hang on are we going to get arrested for this?"
The band got a record deal with a major label Columbia but nothing really happened after that, so they parted ways. Now they're signed to a smaller and more nurturing record label and gearing up for a proper reintroduction to the scene.
Debut album In Search of Elusive Little Comets will be released on January 31st, 2011 and single Isles is a good taster of what to expect
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Source: Wikipedia, LastFM, Off the radar music, BBC
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