Comus
Comus is a British progressive folk band formed in Beckenham, UK in 1969. T… Read Full Bio ↴Comus is a British progressive folk band formed in Beckenham, UK in 1969. The band broke up shortly after releasing their first album, 'First Utterance', in 1971. They reformed briefly in 1974 and then reformed again in 2009, playing festivals and releasing a new album in 2012.
Taking their name from a character in a John Milton masque, Comus mixes elements of progressive rock with the influences of The Pentangle, Fairport Convention and other more traditional folk outfits. The band broke up shortly after releasing their first album, 'First Utterance' (1971), due to its failure commercially. Some of the original members later re-convened for their second album, 'To Keep From Crying' (1974). Once again commercial success eluded the group, and they disbanded.
‘First Utterance’ was re-released in the UK in 1995. Other releases followed in Italy and Japan, culminating in the release of a 2 CD compilation in 2005, featuring everything that Comus had ever recorded in the early 1970's.
Comus reunited in the late-2000s and played several shows, starting with the Swedish Mellotronen Festival in March 2008. A DVD of that performance was released in 2011, and in 2012 they released their third album, aptly named 'Out of the Coma', on Rise Above Records.
The members were active outside Comus. Wootton appears on some recordings by Slapp Happy. Cooper joined Henry Cow. Reed player Jon Seagroatt is a member of free-improvising trio Red Square.
Taking their name from a character in a John Milton masque, Comus mixes elements of progressive rock with the influences of The Pentangle, Fairport Convention and other more traditional folk outfits. The band broke up shortly after releasing their first album, 'First Utterance' (1971), due to its failure commercially. Some of the original members later re-convened for their second album, 'To Keep From Crying' (1974). Once again commercial success eluded the group, and they disbanded.
‘First Utterance’ was re-released in the UK in 1995. Other releases followed in Italy and Japan, culminating in the release of a 2 CD compilation in 2005, featuring everything that Comus had ever recorded in the early 1970's.
Comus reunited in the late-2000s and played several shows, starting with the Swedish Mellotronen Festival in March 2008. A DVD of that performance was released in 2011, and in 2012 they released their third album, aptly named 'Out of the Coma', on Rise Above Records.
The members were active outside Comus. Wootton appears on some recordings by Slapp Happy. Cooper joined Henry Cow. Reed player Jon Seagroatt is a member of free-improvising trio Red Square.
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Comus Lyrics
03 Drip Drip You dangling swinging Hanging, spinning, aftermath Your so…
04-Song to Comus Bright the sunlight summer day Comus wakes he starts to…
Bitten [Instrumental]…
Children of the Universe Watching for a shooting star To fall down from the sky The…
Comus Bright the sunlight summer day Comus wakes he starts to…
Diana Lust he follows virtue close Through the steaming woodlands …
Down First she lost faith in the face of the crowd Then…
Drip Drip You dangling swinging Hanging, spinning, aftermath Your soft…
In The Lost Queen's Eyes In the lost queen′s eyes Well tired tears from heavy lids Lo…
Out Of The Coma Somebody's talking about me. Voices drift in and out, insid…
So Long Supernova Felt the gray leaf climb up softly To my bed…
Song From Comus Bright the sunlight summer day Comus wakes he starts to…
Song to Comus (First Utterance Bright the sunlight, summer day Comus wakes, he starts to p…
The Bite The wolf's laugh eerie cracks the humid night air The rabbit…
The Herald As a single star glides swiftly down the night A soft…
The Prisoner I was mad and was accepted for treatment at a…
The Return Woven words seem to rise up, Through the water dark and…
The Sacrifice At a tender age By the High Priest chosen, As the fairest…
The_Bite The wolf's laugh eerie cracks the humid night air The rabbi…
To Keep from Crying Hold me naked, in the dancing fire light Close and sacred …
Touch Down Dusty the tracks the we drove, Misty the hills that we…
Winter Is A Coloured Bird Winter is a coloured bird Fleeting silent through the sweet …
~comus Bright the sunlight summer day Comus wakes he starts to…