Any band that releases three EPs within a year should be pretty satisfied with themselves.
In fact, it would be considered a fairly bumper year. But to be the band that released three truly fascinating EPs in a year well, that is to be the band who can rest up very happy at year’s end.
And here sat (proverbially at least) with their feet all over the furniture are Little Comets, surely as smug and satisfied as anyone this year upon the release of their third EP of 2014, ‘The Sanguine‘.
Third, and most interesting.
Little Comets appear to have undergone a complete overhaul from their original releases, returning with a mature and intriguing sound. This is complex music designed to entrance and beguile. This EP is all about texture and mystery; for all the bright eyed wonder of ‘Ex-Cathedra‘, there is the beauty and brooding of qualities of ‘Creeping Up Appearances‘. And for all the sweetness and naivety of ‘Cover Your Rain‘, there is the tragedy of ‘The Assisted‘.
It’s in these contrasts and textures that the mystery lies. It feels as though there is a story being told, but one that remains distant and opaque; its beauty plainly clear to all, but never its story. This development in their storytelling is what really highlights just how far Little Comets have come.
They display a truly powerful and playful ability to hold attention, but more than that, they have crafted four beautiful and quite simply fascinating songs.
It’s no wonder they have their tired and grubby feet all over the furniture, even if only proverbially.