More Info: www.comeg.org
Verdict: U2 & Oasis style rock-pop
Comeg is actually just one person - Coemgen Savage who does the whole shebang - writing, instruments, vocals and production - in his home studio. This is actually his 6th album since 2003. His list of fave songs ranges from the Beatles (hey, he is from Liverpool after all), through U2 and Primal Scream to the Cocteau Twins. Led Zep even get a mention. Unfortuanately his 'reasons to smash up your radio' list includes Metallica ( fair enough, well no, Lars & Co do have some decent stuff in amoungst the crap), The Eagles (an easy target, but I like them) and unbelievably Thin Lizzy at the end of the list.
Comeg's own music is a mixture of U2 and Oasis as witnessed on opening track, "Halo Goodbye", and the Edge guitar style of "Smile Inside", with U2 coming the fore of my thinking as I listened to the album more. For just one man, Comeg manages to create a surprisingly full band sound and a sound that despite my references to U2 isn't too derivative. A few of the songs also hark back to a 60's type jangly guitar, such as "Sunday Rider". Thoughts of jangly guitars made me think of Tom Petty and then The Travelling Wilburys, although Comeg's sound is much more contemporary. On "The Hand of God" I even managed to conjure up U2 meets Bon Jovi who I'm sure could be potential candidates for his "reasons to smash up your radio" list. "He Blew The World Away" is a swipe at Mr G Bush.
Overall I think this is a reasonable album, its just that I stopped buying U2 albums after The Joshua Tree and never really got Oasis, so this one kind of passed me by. However, all Comeg's albums, including this one, are available as free downloads from his website and would be a worthwhile download for fans of the genre.
