Death by Comet Press Kit

Death by Comet is music still hot from the oven. Soul-searching, powerful, vulnerable, cathartic, and encompassing: the perfect slice of human experience. Pairs nicely with the likes of Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Queens of the Stone Age, and Muse.

This apocalyptic, four-piece, Brooklyn-based ensemble consists of James Clark (bass guitar + vocals), Jacob Aviner (lead electric guitar + vocals), PJ Holaday (drums), and is fronted by Alec Hutson (guitar/piano + lead vocals).

“Hutson’s vocal commands a power like few other male singers I have come across…His range and tone is gorgeous and forceful in the same breath. There is an unbridled energy in how he pushes the entire arrangement forward with his vocal…its staggering.”

- Red Line Roots

Past Performances

NYC

  • The Cutting Room

  • NuBlu 151

  • NuBlu Classic

  • Rockwood Music Hall stages 1 and 3

  • Purgatory

  • House of Yes - Onyx Room

  • Berlin Under A

  • Pete’s Candy Store

  • Club Cumming

  • Sofar Sounds shows in NY, MA, OR, CA, and Paris, France

MA

  • Harvard Dance Center

  • Brighton Music Hall

  • Museum of Fine Arts

  • Boston Center for the Arts

  • Atwood’s Tavern

  • Great Scott

  • Iron Horse

  • Club Passim

  • The Middle East (upstairs and downstairs)

  • Lizard Lounge

Hutson’s music has been featured on:
-WMBR 88.1
-WXRV 92.5
-WMFO 91.5
-WMUA 91.1
-WMUL 91.5
-WATD 95.9
& more

PRESS

“Through rich harmonies, an impeccable loyalty to [In Rainbows] diversity of sounds, ...Alec Hutson and his band managed to successfully cover one of best albums of the century.”
— Sound of Boston
“Music that captures your attention when you first hear it and grips you to continue listening.”
— Red Line Roots
“Hutson draws influences from a range of genres, including soul, funk and folk for a groovy indie sound that’s both catchy and contemplative.”
— WBUR The ARTery

Albums.

Our debut album, I’ve Had a Good Time, is our first release as Death By Comet. All previous releases are under lead singer Alec Hutson’s name.