Watch The Comfortable Boys reunite at Yo La Tengo present in New York

The legendary post-punk band The Comfortable Boys have reunited on stage in New York at a Yo La Tengo present – take a look at footage beneath.

Yo La Tengo have been taking part in the fourth of a 10-night residence on the metropolis’s Bowery Ballroom as a part of their annual Hannukah celebrations on Saturday night time (December 28) when three authentic members of The Comfortable Boys joined forces on stage to play a set of songs from throughout their profession.

Frontman Robyn Hitchcock was joined by guitarist Kimberley Rew and drummer Morris Windsor and collectively they performed a 13-song set, together with classics resembling ‘Underwater Moonlight’ and ‘Kingdom Of Love’.

After Yo La Tengo’s headline set, the 2 bands teamed up for an encore, which included The Comfortable Boys’ ‘Queen Of Eyes’ and ‘I Wanna Destroy You’, in addition to The Velvet Underground’s ‘Run Run Run’ and The Beatles’ ‘It’s All Too A lot’.

Take a look at the footage beneath.

The Comfortable Boys performed: 

‘Kingdom Of Love’ 
‘Madonna Of The Wasps’ 
‘Brenda’s Iron Sledge’ 
‘Metropolis Of Disgrace’ 
‘Sally Was A Legend’ 
‘Sudden City’ 
‘Sounds Nice When You’re Lifeless’ 
‘The Sir Tommy Shovell’ 
‘Give It To The Comfortable Boys’ 
‘The Pigworker’ 
‘Insanely Jealous’ 
‘He’s A Reptile’ 
‘Underwater Moonlight’ 

The Comfortable Boys shaped in Cambridge in 1976 and launched two studio albums – ‘A Can Of Bees’ (1979) and ‘Underwater Moonlight’ (1980) – earlier than disbanding in 1981. They reunited in 2001 and launched a 3rd album ‘Nextdoorland’ the next yr, earlier than splitting as soon as once more in 2003.

The band’s bassist Matthew Seligman died in 2020 from COVID-19 problems on the age of 64.

Yo La Tengo are taking part in on the Bowery Ballroom each night time as much as and together with New Yr’s Day. Different visitors to have joined them up to now within the residency embody Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Wilco’s Pat Sansone and comic Fred Armisen. Proceeds from the reveals go to Coalition For The Homeless.