by Cometa Negra is a psychedelic rhythmic sledgehammer, a meandering metallic wall of noise, and a sludgy riff-fest with a dash of needle-piercing guitar solos. They strike a delicate balance: one which necessitates locking the hell in™ to that heavy downtempo groove while also blasting the noise, solos, and tempos to the redline when it’s time to get a lil weird with it. Their newest release is a live project courtesy of Dynamite Tapes. With all the raw adrenaline and energy of a live performance, it feels as pointedly urgent, reassuringly reckless, and riffy as you might expect from popping into one of their local Brooklyn gigs. I’ll be honest: it’s really nice to bang your head to.
Matt (guitar/vox for Cometa Negra) had a few words to share with us:
I’ve always thought about the band primarily as a live act, and we deliberately structured our first record like we were putting together a setlist. And, sure enough, we’d been playing that setlist out live for about a year after we released it. So when my friend Billy from Dynamite Tapes approached me with the idea of doing a live version of the record, I jumped at the opportunity. It was really dope getting to capture the exigency of our live set on [a recording] and I’m really excited for people who may not get the chance to catch us live to get a feel for what we’re really about.
– Matt Belen
Listen to Cometa Negra on Bandcamp here.
You can buy the live tape here or a double tape bundle from Dynamite Tapes here
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