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  • Summary: The British indie pop band's latest album was produced by Edwyn Collins and Ryan Jarman of The Cribs.
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  1. Oct 24, 2011
    90
    Howl of the Lonely Crowd will get some notice due to the people who produced it, as it should, but at its core it's further proof of Comet Gain as one of the great hidden rock & roll treasures of the last 20 years.
  2. Oct 11, 2011
    83
    Old indie hero Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice produced the band's sixth album, and the joy is palpable.
  3. Under The Radar
    Nov 2, 2011
    80
    Comet Gain's sixth and finest LP to date. [Oct 2011, p.98]
  4. Jun 20, 2011
    70
    This is an album in a platonic sense, crafted around a clutch of real hits that were made for group enjoyment on the radio, not just for headphones in coffeehouses. And, like every Comet Gain album that's come before, it succeeds.
  5. Jan 3, 2012
    70
    What's been created across this baker's dozen tracks is nothing short of a poignant, powerful referendum on the state of modern England that cements CG's place as one of the finest and most resilient indie acts to emerge from the UK.
  6. Magnet
    Nov 15, 2011
    70
    Howl works best when Feck and Co. marry their frustrated empathy with hopeful jubilation, letting the kids know that although they're lonely, they're certainly not alone. [#82, p. 53]
  7. Oct 11, 2011
    55
    With Howl of the Lonely Crowd, Comet Gain will likely continue to lack recognition.

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