aaamusic | On 17, Aug 2010

Robert, Michael, Mark and Matt first met in a little greengrocers beneath the hue drenched hills of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sharing a mutual abandon for David Bowie, dalliance and limes they became a bonded musical quadrilateral in 2008, playing a series of gigs in barns, houses, university lecture theatres, prisms and trains.

After this things fluctuated wildly between recording an album in a school/farmhouse (produced by Michael, mixed by Rich

Costey), playing gigs with people like Hockey, Delphic and Noisettes, and falling out with a rather large record label.

Influenced by books as much as music as much as their natural surroundings, Little Comets try to capture bits and pieces from places like Jonathan Safran Foer, Kate Rusby, Joan Miró and attach them to songs. Using bright rhythmic melodies to assuage often dark didactic lyrics, the result is something hopefully as authentic as the intention was originally meant to be.

With a new song (called Isles) released in October, Little Comets will be touring both on their own and with friends Darwin Deez throughout the month, hoping to gather the pace, swiftness and warmth to counteract the burgeoning autumnal shades.

Little Comets will be playing live at the following dates:

SEPT
Fri 24          London KOKO Club NME
Sat 25         High Wycombe Academy
Sun 26        Sunderland SPLIT Festival

OCT
Fri 1st          Liverpool Academy 2
Sat 2nd        Manchester Factory
Sun 3rd        Newcastle Northumbria Uni
Mon 4th       Leeds Cockpit
Tues 5th      York Fibbers
Thurs 7th     Nottingham Bodega
Fri 8th          Cambridge Haymakers
Sat 9th         Stoke Sugarmill
Sun 10th      Cardiff Arts Institute
Tues 12th     Manchester Academy 3 (DD support)
Wed 13th      Hull Lamp
Thurs 14th    Glasgow King Tuts (DD support)
Sat 23rd        Oxford Jericho (DD support)
Sun 24th       Norwich Arts Centre (DD support)
Tues 26th     London Scala (DD support)
Wed 27th      Birmingham Hare & Hounds (DD support)
Thurs 28th    Coventry Kasbah (DD support)
Fri 29th         Dundee Hustlers
Sat 30th        Aberdeen Snafu

NOV
Mon 1st        Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Wed 3rd       London Luminaire
Thurs 4th     Southampton Joiners
Fri 5th          Sheffield Boardwalk