Psych Rock Vets Take to the Skies on Shining Sophomore LP
Toronto space rock cosmonauts COMET CONTROL will re-enter the atmosphere on June 24 with their stargazed sophomore album, Center Of The Maze (Tee Pee Records). The band features vocalist / guitarist Chad Ross and guitarist Andrew Moszynski, each formerly of heavy psych champions QUEST FOR FIREand garage rockers THE DEADLY SNAKES. The powerhouse musicians are joined in COMET CONTROL by Nicole Howell (bass), Jay Anderson (drums) and Christopher Sandes (keys). Engineered by Josh Korody (Fucked Up, Moon King) at Candle Recording, and mastered by Carl Saff (Sweet Apple, Earthless), Center of the Maze is the follow-up to COMET CONTROL‘s 2014 self-titled debut, which was hailed as “confident” by Popmatters and “blinding boogie” by Exclaim!.
Flooded with swirling synths, ghostly vocals and fuzz-bomb guitars that burst into flames in electrifyingly airborne ways, Center Of The Maze effortlessly merges the ethereal and the terrestrial. The album is a 43-minute collection of blinding explosions and brilliant fade-outs. Overdriven riffs reign supreme and songs build with a mantra-like power before collapsing into majestic dreaminess. Like watching a rocket take off at close range, the sound of COMET CONTROL is both exhilarating and mesmerizing, propelled into orbit by unwavering melody and unhinged creativity.
Ross comments, “‘Center of the Maze’ is about feeling comfortable getting lost.”
Track listing:
1.) Dig Out Your Head 2.) Darkness Moves 3.) Silver Spade 4.) The Hive 5.) Criminal Mystic 6.) Golden Rule 7.) Sick in Space 8.) Artificial Light
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