Claim: Channel the Spirits is the first full-length album by London-based band The Comet Is Coming, which ranked 21st in the Best Albums of 2016 by Time Out New York and 48th in  The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Mojo.
Evidence: In August 2016, the band was nominated for the Mercury Prize for their debut album, Channel the Spirits. Time Out New York Best Albums of 2016 21 Mojo The 50 Best Albums of 2016 48 Their second full-length album, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery, was released in March 2019 and received critical acclaim, with The Quietus noting the importance of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane on their sound while acknowledging that "rather than being weighed down by those legacies, The Comet Is Coming have turned them into fuel, accelerating their sound, and with it, the sound of jazz today."