Comments on: Comsat Angels reunion

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:59:59 +0000

Comsat Angels soundcheck at Sensoria…..

http://colorsofthedark.blogspot.com/2009/10/comsat-angels-soundcheck.html

By: joey

joey — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:34:50 +0000

Glad to see you Comsats. Sensoria sounded great. Mik Glaisher plays for the song. What it is? thanks.Joey

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:10:19 +0000

Thanks Laura! Manchester here we come!!

By: Mel Durrant

Mel Durrant — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:13:31 +0000

Chrissyboy, you got it dead right. There’s always that worry when you see a reactivated favourite that it will be mere nostalgia or even vaguely embarrassing, but instead we got a band of musicians playing with focused intensity, no posing, no pomposity or pretension, just real people playing devastating music that connects with your head, heart and gut. Bloody marvellous, can’t wait ’til October.

By: Laura Mitchell

Laura Mitchell — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:48:31 +0000

The Comsats are scheduled to play in October. Details are here: http://www.comsatangels.net/

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:39:02 +0000

Can someone please tell me if the Comsats are playing other gigs later this year? One post above implies that there’s a tour(?) in October?

Here’s hoping…

By: Nigel

Nigel — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:10:11 +0000

Guardian live review http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/04/comsat-angels-academy-sheffield

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:43:53 +0000

I’ve really been a Comsats fan from day one and clearly remember drinking with them on West Street (mainly the Hallamshire). It was a real pleasure to see them again on Sunday night.They sounded just a good as they did 28 years ago. This time I had my son with me who set up the Comsat’s Facebook group. We both hope to see you in Manchester (and maybe London) in October. Many thanks to all concerned. Sheffield is immensely proud of you.

By: Chrissyboy

Chrissyboy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:58:16 +0000

Years ago the late great John Peel, who championed the Comsat Angels cause with several demo sessions over the years, said something to the effect; “There are bands who talk a lot, and there are bands who just get on with the job. This is The Comsat Angels”. I’m glad to say that nothing has changed! The Comsats just got on with the job in hand.

On Sunday the 26th of April 2009 I believe Peel would have been well at home in Sheffield at the Sensoria gig. He would have been pleased to see that nothing, when it comes to musical integrity and intensity in The Comsat Angels camp has changed. Peel would have been very proud, as indeed Mark Kermode was very proud, to lead the band out to an appreciative audience. He would have stood and listened intensely and would have been reminded why, after all these years, he was drawn to their music. And he would also have approved of their modesty.
In an age where people are often accredited with “Legendary” status for little more than mediocrity in many cases, it was so pleasant to hear, when a fan shouted out ; “Steve, you’re a legend”, for Steve Fellows to reply; “More like a leg end”. Likewise, when Mark Kermode introduced them, he stated that the band didn’t want compliments rained down on them as they’re not very good at dealing with them. I personally love them for their modesty and humility.

Their music was and is intense and majestic, powerful and moving, thought provoking, angry, reflective and dynamic. No one sounds like The Comsat Angels, with their monsterous bass, cerebral keyboards, jagged, edgy, delicate or frenetic guitar work and soulful vocals from Steve Fellows, paint a dark yet realistic landscape yet always tinged with outright defiance or even optomism. And somehow the brevity of their lyrics and subject matter has the ability to connect, reach to our world, our lives and our times. The Comsat Angels are as relevant now as they ever were, perhaps even more so. And if the world fails to recognise them this time around too, so sad, but so be it. They will continue to be “our secret” for the rest of our lives, I’m sure.

Long may they continue.

Chrissyboy.

By: Ade

Ade — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:13:06 +0000

Thanks for the gig Comsats. Ordinary looking people producing extraordinary music. “We live together on our own” – still one of the best lines ever written. Will there be a Mark Kermode gig review?

Ade