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Comeback Kid | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B000M8MGIO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

In 2005, COMEBACK KID joined VICTORY RECORDS and released the astonishing hardcore masterpiece, Wake The Dead, the follow-up to their acclaimed debut, Turn It Around. Wake The Dead was a call to arms. It was life changing and life affirming. It was the communiqu‚ that the restless youth of the world desperately needed. Punknews.org called it a hands-down 10 out of 10. Wake The Dead made COMEBACK KID one of the most celebrated hardcore bands of new millennium. The band responded to the call and toured the globe several times over in honest hardcore fashion. They played any festival, VFW hall and basement that would have them. Countries that do not even speak the band's language still understood the message and hailed COMEBACK KID as one of today's premier hardcore bands and made them one of the most successful bands in the genre. The band enters 2007 with a new record that will further their message of community and strengthen the perseverance and pride of the hardcore scene. Broadcasting is the band's monstrous new collection of anthems that will inspire listeners to tear into the pit, and chant along as if their lungs depended on it. Broadcasting combines breakneck hardcore punk rock in the tradition of MINOR THREAT, BAD BRAINS and 7 SECONDS with forward thinking lyrics and ferocious melodies similar to RISE AGAINST, RANCID and BAD RELIGION. It is the band's most ambitious record and one of this year's most anticipated releases. As you read this message, we will be getting closer to the day of transmission. On February 20th, 2007, Broadcasting. will go public and COMEBACK KID will be eagerly awaiting your response. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow, March 5, 2007

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Michael Schaub "SKIF junkie" (Fond du Lac, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broadcasting... (Audio CD)

Very surprising turnaround for this band. I loved Scott Wade's vocals, but I never thought that this band could replace him with better vocals, more interesting post hardcore elements, and still keep that fast paced classic hardcore sound. Excellent CD. Every bit as good as Wake The Dead, and definitely not a repeat. Listeners who don't know that Scott left probably won't notice a difference, which is amazing. The new guy (former guitarist) actually sounds remarkably like Scott, but with more range and variety.

4.0 out of 5 stars Out with the old and in with the new..., March 17, 2007

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Daniel Fitzgerald "ThrashMaster" (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broadcasting... (Audio CD)

The vocalist change-up is probably the single most important progression for Comeback Kid. My biggest gripe about these guys was Scott Wade's terrible monotone crow-like vocals. With Andrew now on the mic, the vocals are very dynamic, from screams, yells, and not-whiny clean singing. This guy is a very talented vocalist (in addition to song writer). In the past he has written and recorded all the songs. This album sounds like he gave a little more creative power to the other band members (which isn't such a great thing). Musically, this definitely is a slight regression from Wake The Dead (which had an awesome Skate Punk musical feel). The song structures are more interesting with some experimental feel, reaching into more broad territory than in their past. The setback is the speed has dropped considerably (less than half of the album is fast), replaced with a majority of mid-tempo hymns, and dabbling with emo passages. All the fast songs slow down about 30% into the song and have the same slow outro. Wake The Dead was one of the few totally amazing Blasting Room sounds (with an amazing bass sound). Broadcasting has the typical flat Blasting Room sound (which sounds like a glorified garage Pro-Tools studio), with dull felty kick drum, and low-gain, low-volume guitar, and terrible P-Bass sound (after a ripping bass sound on Wake The Dead). So in some ways, this is a milestone better, and in other aspects its a step-down. Either way, I'd recommend buying this record. The track order starts with two relatively mellow songs, before exploding the energy. And to me, track flow really affects the feel of the album. So I recommend only listening to this on random mix. Highlight tracks are Give'r, In Case of Fire, and In/Tuition (which is a really strong snappy closing song). If the tone were nearly as biting and thick as Wake The Dead, and the ratio of fast to slower songs was greater, this could have been 5 stars.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest hardcore albums in years, February 27, 2007

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Ben "music appreciator" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broadcasting... (Audio CD)

When I heard the news Scott Wade was leaving Comeback Kid because he felt he was holding back the band, I- along with many CBK fans- were surprised and disappointed. I was sure if they put out another album it would never be the same as the outstanding albums Turn It Around and Wake The Dead. It turned out I was right. Broadcasting is different than Turn It Around and Wake The Dead... it's phenomenal.

Scott Wade might have had a point when he felt he was holding back the band because Andrew Neufield has better range as a vocalist and his lyrics are very, very well-written, although they're much darker and often times read like something Wes Eisold could've written if Give Up The Ghost was still active.

CBK's instrumentals have always been excellent and they step it up even further on Broadcasting. They do tend to use very similar breakdowns at times; that's the only knock I can think of on this album, and even then it's not much of a knock because the breakdowns never seem repetitive.

Perhaps the most impressive piece of Broadcasting is the production. CBK worked in the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson for this album (just like they did for Wake The Dead) and it shows.

Overall, this is one of the best hardcore releases in recent years. Old-school hardcore will live on forever as long as these guys are playing music. 5 stars out of 5.