Comeback Kid Tour Dates

Before heading over to South America in the spring, Comeback Kid will be hitting the U.S hard. After finishing up their last few dates with H20 and Attack, Comeback Kid jump directly into sharing the stage with Madball and Cruel Hand to finish out January.

Deemed as “visceral, sweaty, embracing, and energetic” by Rock Sound Magazine, these Victory Veterans put on a live show that’s not to be missed.

Symtpoms + Cures, Comeback Kid’s latest Victory Records effort was released on August 31^st. Click here to get a copy today!

w/H20 and Attack

1/7/2011	The Social	Orlando	FL
1/9/2011	The Pit	Jacksonville	FL

w/Madball and Cruel Hand

1/11/2011	Zydeco	Birmingham	AL
1/12/2011	Downtown Music Hall	Little Rock	AR
1/13/2011	The Conservatory	Oklahoma City	OK
1/14/2011	Trees	Dallas	TX
1/15/2011	Emo’s	Austin	TX
1/16/2011	White Rabbit	San Antonio	TX
1/18/2011	Nile Theatre	Mesa	AZ
1/19/2011	Area 702	Las Vegas	NV
1/20/2011	Soma Side Stage	San Diego	CA
1/21/2011	Cedar Center	Lancaster	CA
1/22/2011	Chain Reaction	Anaheim	CA
1/23/2011	Thee Parkside	San Francisco	CA

w/ Sick Of It All

3/12/2011	John Bull Music Hall	Curitiba	BR
3/13/2011	Carioca Club	Sao Paulo	BR
3/15/2011	Galpon 11	Rosario	AR
3/16/2011	Teatrito	Buenos Aires	AR
3/17/2011	Teatrito	Buenos Aires	AR
3/18/2011	Barranco Bar	Lima	PE
3/20/2011	Teatro Metro	Bogota	CO

About the Band:

Since dropping their debut full-length, 2003’s Turn It Around, COMEBACK KID has been an undeniable staple of the hardcore community. Each subsequent release has built upon the foundation of its predecessor while continually experimenting with and incorporating new musical elements from beyond the confines of modern hardcore. Five seconds into the band’s latest release, Symptoms + Cures, though, it’s made clear that this time around, COMEBACK KID has pushed their output to a new plateau. 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 31^st, 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. Still, these new elements only serve to enhance, not overpower, the core of COMEBACK KID’s sound – and this is assuredly a COMEBACK KID album. 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.”