The afterlife

"For the second time in 2019, England's spiritual sci-fi jazz trio the Comet Is Coming lay out their dystopian vision of earth with a provocative, hybrid evolutionary "new thing" music that melds electronica, soulful out-jazz, spidery funk, swampy dub, and prophetic poetry".

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"Arriving just nine months after the London trio's mould-breaking Trust in the Life Force, and recorded at the same time, there were fears this "companion piece" would prove a mere add-on. In reality The Afterlife has its own, distinct mood, often gentler and more sombre than the techno attack of Life Force and the better for it ... The mood is as often melancholic as apocalyptic, as if mourning a fractured planet. The trio remain in a tradition of avant gardists such as Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane and Can, but totally of the now. One of 2019's best".

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"The cosmic fusion group skewers the jazz-trio format as it's typically understood, flipping the minimalist palette into an electrifying, apocalyptic sound".

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"If the collision of cosmic jazz and old school rave of 'Trust In The Lifeforce...' felt like the last defiant dance at an apocalyptic party, 'The Afterlife' (recorded in the same sessions) is its dreamier, shape-shifting cousin. Its magnetic meld of bubbling synths, tumbling drums and distinctively human-sounding sax peaks on the unashamedly proggy "Seven Planetary Heavens" - and this time, the quieter moments are more keenly affecting".