Genre: Hardcore Punk
Country: Canada, Winnipeg
Originally formed in 2000 by members of Winnipeg, Canada’s underground music scene, COMEBACK KID has amassed a catalog of four full-length international releases along with a live CD/DVD. Says vocalist Andrew Neufeld about the band’s origins: “We wanted to keep the intensity from our other bands or those we looked up to at the time, but also took influence from ‘90s skate punk and more melodic acts.” He continues: “We wanted the music to be heavy, but the vocals were meant to incorporate a bit more melody than was found in traditional hardcore. Still, I don’t think we knew how far we could go with it at the time.”
The band’s sophomore effort, 2005’s Wake The Dead, affirmed their position atop the heap of modern hardcore bands; however, when writing commenced for 2007’s Broadcasting…, vocalist and founding member Scott Wade announced his departure from the group, finding Neufeld abandoning his axe to take over vocal duties. But Broadcasting… didn’t miss a beat. With Neufeld more than capably filling Wade’s shoes, CBK delivered a powerful record that was undeniably COMEBACK KID while incorporating further-developed musical ideas and a more colorful vocal performance.
Having delivered their pure and passionate brand of hardcore to fans around the world since 2002, COMEBACK KID released a live CD/DVD package dubbed Through The Noise in 2008. On top of accurately relaying the intensity and attitude of a CBK performance through a 17-song set list comprised of favorites from the band’s three previous releases, it also included an hour-long documentary entitled Our Distance that shared the band’s story to date. Since then, the band has dominated stages on several continents and worked on an array of other projects, musical or otherwise, all while composing the fourth COMEBACK KID record.
Officially dropping August 31st, 2010, Symptoms + Cures is the latest offering from the lineup currently consisting of Neufeld on vocals, founding members Kyle Profeta on drums and Jeremy Hiebert on guitar, as well as guitarist Casey Hjelmberg and bassist Matt Keil. The album is firmly rooted in the brand of hardcore that its three predecessors helped established, yet incorporates more musical layers and vocal variance than we’ve heard from the band thus far. “We really found our mesh with Andrew singing,” says Profeta about the effort. “Our last album was more of a ‘feeler.’ We were just getting in the mode of Andrew becoming our front man. With Symptoms + Cures, we’ve really found our sound with him and we’re all really excited about it.”
Trademark elements of the band’s sound are abundant on Symptoms + Cures – gang vocals, half-time bridges, and tastefully-placed breakdowns among them. However, the record also features a more dynamic vocal performance than we’ve previously heard, weaving a much harsher and urgent vocal delivery with sing-able passages, not to mention new musical expansions that stray from the straight-up simplicity of hardcore.
Once the record’s been delivered to the masses, COMEBACK KID will embark on a world tour, hitting North America, Europe, Asia, and South America and sharing stages with acts like Madball, Sick Of It All, Four Year Strong, A Wilhelm Scream, Parkway Drive, Bleeding Through, and others. Says Neufeld: “It’ll be nice playing with some new bands as well as some of our hardcore heroes – bands we all really respect.” While fans will undoubtedly find much to embrace in Symptoms + Cures, it’s notable that the band members themselves believe this to be the pinnacle of their cumulative output. “It’s a good feeling that despite how long we’ve been doing this, we can still get so collectively excited about our music,” shares Neufeld. “We love doing this. There’s no better feeling for any of us than being in a room, losing our minds, and watching others lose their minds to the music.”
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Comeback Kid — 2002 — Demo (EP)
Year: 2002
Quality: mp3, 192 kbps
Size: 14,29 MB
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01. Without A Word
02. All In A Year
03. The Operative Word
04. Step Ahead
05. Playing The Part
06. Give And Take
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Comeback Kid — 2003 — Turn It Around
Year: 2003
Quality: mp3, 192 kbps
Size: 39,29 MB
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01. All In A Year
02. Give And Take
03. Die Tonight
04. Changing Face
05. Playing The Part
06. Always
07. Step Ahead
08. Operative Word
09. Biting Tongue
10. Something Less
11. Never Fade
12. Without A Word
13. Lorelei
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Comeback Kid — 2005 — Wake The Dead
Year: 2005
Quality: mp3, VBR 211 kbps
Size: 41,02 MB
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01. False Idols Fall
02. My Other Side
03. Wake The Dead
04. The Trouble I Love
05. Talk Is Cheap
06. Partners In Crime
07. Our Distance
08. Bright Lights Keep Shining
09. Falling Apart
10. Losing Patience
11. Final Goodbye
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Comeback Kid — 2007 — Broadcasting
Year: 2007
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 76,53 MB
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01. Defeated
02. Broadcasting…
03. Hailing On Me
04. The Blackstone
05. Industry Standards
06. Give’R (Reprise)
07. One Left Satisfed
08. Come Around
09. In Case Of Fire
10. Market Demands
11. In/Tuition
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Comeback Kid — 2008 — Through The Noise
Year: 2008
Quality: mp3, VBR 230 kbps
Size: 78,62 MB
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01. False Idols Fall
02. Die Tonight
03. Broadcasting
04. Partners In Crime
05. Changing Face
06. Industry Standards
07. Defeated
08. All In A Year
09. Step Ahead
10. Talk Is Cheap
11. The Trouble I Love
12. Hailing On Me
13. Our Distance
14. Lorelei
15. Wake The Dead
16. Give’r (Reprise)
17. Final Goodbye
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Comeback Kid — 2010 — Symptoms + Cures
Year: 2010
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 92,00 MB
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01. Do Yourself a Favor
02. Crooked Floors
03. G.M. Vincent & I
04. Because of All
05. The Concept Stays
06. Balance
07. Symptoms + Cures
08. Manifest
09. Get Alone
10. Magnet Pull
11. Pull Back The Reins
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Comeback Kid — 2014 — Die Knowing
Year: 2014
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 74,99 MB
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01. Die Knowing
02. Lower the Line
03. Wasted Arrows
04. Losing Sleep
05. Should Know Better
06. I Depend, I Control
07. Somewhere in This Miserable…
08. Beyond
09. Unconditional
10. Didn’t Even Mind
11. Full Swing
12. Sink In
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Comeback Kid — 2017 — Outsider
Year: 2017
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 83,71 MB
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01. Outsider
02. Surrender Control
03. Absolute (feat. Devin Townsend)
04. Hell of a Scene
05. Somewhere, Somehow
06. Consumed the Vision (feat. Chris Cresswell)
07. I’ll Be That
08. Outrage (Fresh Face, Stale Cause)
09. Blindspot
10. Livid, I’m Prime
11. Recover
12. Throw That Stone
13. Moment in Time (feat. Northcote)
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