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Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

The Comet Is Coming

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Fourth album from the London-based BAND who incorporate elements of jazz, electronica, funk and psychedelic rock

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Verve Forecast
UK Release date
23/09/2022
US Release date
23/09/2022
  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    If there’s a more emphatic album released this side of 2023, we’ll be very lucky indeed
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  2. 9.0 |   All Music

    It will please fans of the hybrid jazz scene in England and draw in many new listeners internationally who will be deeply attracted to its apocalyptic energy, innovative beats, and rowdy abundance
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  3. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    The Comet Is Coming continue their exploration of the wide wonders around us — the unknown, physical and metaphysical, light and darkness, life and death, and the connectedness and spirit laced between it all; broadening the scope, testing ideas and seeking freedom and rapture through rhythm and sound
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Over a barrage of different beats, Hutching creates abstract-expressionist drip paintings using a single colour, or striking day-glo illustrations using broad brush-strokes, or pointillistic portraits using hundreds of identical dots. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   NME

    The cosmic jazz trio's ravey third album – recorded in a matter of days – goes harder and faster than ever before
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam is bass-laden and synthesised, setting the stage for extraterrestrial adventures in jazz
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  7. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    If you love The Comet is Coming’s back catalogue, this is an album that won’t disappoint. But if you’ve come to it expecting to hear new, unexpected directions, don’t expect any
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  8. 7.0 |   Crack

    It’s easily the most danceable entry in their catalogue, but also, in its own hectic way, the most human
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  9. 6.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    You never know what you're going to get with a new album from The Comet Is Coming
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    They remain a magical band still searching for a commensurate album, arriving at a record whose thrills are real but fleeting. Print edition only


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