Artist

Comus

Data may be outdated

Last updated: 1 week ago — Click refresh to get the latest statistics.

Taking their name from a character in a John Milton poem, Comus was a short-lived but powerful folk-rock band that seems to have made an attempt to mix elements of <a href="spotify:artist:7M1FPw29m5FbicYzS2xdpi">King Crimson</a> with the influences of <a href="spotify:artist:55wOEGTc3QKwBJ9gntcOxT">Pentangle</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2LIdnZDzySb04oH40be1fR">Fairport Convention</a> and other more traditional folk outfits. The result was a sometimes unnerving mix of ethereal and dark tones. The cover of their debut, First Utterance (1971), bears a striking and likely deliberate resemblance to the cover of In The Court of the Crimson King. After a period of silence, the band re-emerged with To Keep From Crying in 1974, moving into a more experimental position. Original copies of the first album still command remarkable prices, despite recent reissues by BGO in the U.K. and Si-Wan in Asia. ~ Steven McDonald, Rovi

Monthly Listeners

22,781