Chad Robert Peterson July 31st, 2022 - 8:00 PM
London jazz fusion trio The Comet Is Coming–aka Dan Leavers (Danalogue), Shabaka Hutchings (also of Shabaka and the Ancestors and Sons of Kemet), and Max Hallett (Betamax)–have announced their third studio album, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam, dropping September 23 via Impulse Records according to the Brooklyn Vegan. The album is a follow-up to their 2019 album Trust In The Life Force of the Deep Mystery and was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio in England.
“Code” is the lead single off the album, a percussion-driven song, with deep sounds of the synthesizer embedded and a beautiful and unrelenting saxophone part done by Shabaka. “Code” feels like a song based from the future with Shambaka driving beautiful saxophone that will have dance floors alit this summer and fall.
The tracklist for Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam is as follows:
- CODE
- TECHNICOLOUR
- LUCID DREAMER
- TOKYO NIGHTS
- PYRAMIDS
- FREQUENCY OF FEELING EXPANSION
- ANGEL OF DARKNESS
- AFTERMATH
- ATOMIC WAVE DANCE
- THE HAMMER
- MYSTIK
In support of the album, The Comet Is Coming is planning a tour of the US which included a free show in Central Park of New York today, July 31.
The full tour dates are as follows:
The Comet Is Coming — 2022 Tour Dates
September 24 – Bentonville, AR, USA – Format Festival
September 25 – Nashville, TN, USA – Basement East
September 26 – Atlanta, GA, USA – Terminal West
September 27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rickshaw Theatre
September 30 – Seattle, WA, USA – Crocodile Showroom
October 01 – Portland, OR, USA – Revolution Hall
October 03 – San Francisco, CA, USA – The Independent
October 04 – San Francisco, CA, USA – The Independent
October 05 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – El Rey Theater
October 13 – Chicago, IL, USA – Thalia Hall
October 14 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Axis Club
October 15 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Fairmount Theater
October 18 – Boston, MA, USA – Crystal Ballroom
October 19 – Philadelphia, PA, USA – Underground Arts
October 20 – Washington, DC, USA – Union Stage
October 22 – New York, NY, USA – Bowery Ballroom
