Single review: Little Comets – Isles
Almost exactly a year ago Little Comets scored a number one in the UK Independent Charts with their debut ‘One Night In October’. On the back of that success they were snapped up by Columbia Records, who released their second single and then ….nothing. Now, after a hiatus of nearly a year, Newcastle’s Little Comets have emerged from a well publicised and very bitter wrangle to escape their contract with Columbia Records with new single ‘Isles’.
‘Isles’ is a mini kitchen sink drama/social commentary based around life in Broken Britain in these times of austerity. With lyrics like ‘In the B.R.I.T. I say British Isles/the streets are bleak, the kids are running wild’ and breaking glass effects scattered through the track it plays like a modern take on Grandmaster Flash’s ‘The Message’, albeit not quite as hard hitting. Unsurprisingly then It’s quite a downbeat record, but that’s not to say it’s not interesting. The vocals are delivered in a staccato style while musically it features stop/start percussion and mournful strings that help create an overall atmosphere of despair and hopelessness. I really like it! 4/5
Mark Cousens
Out now on Dirty Hits Records
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