Canadian hardcore crew Comeback Kid aren’t just celebrating 20 years of their breakthrough album “Wake The Dead” on the road this year. The group have also hit the studio to revisit the title track to that 2005 album, which also stands as the band’s most popular song to date.
Vocalist Andrew Neufeld said of that:
“The title track of our album Wake The Dead, which that we released two decades ago, provided us with more opportunities and brought us to more places around the world than we could have ever imagined. The song lands as the biggest moment in every single set that we’ve played — from Asia through South America to Europe, Africa, and North America.”
We wrote and recorded the song while I was still playing guitar in the band. After 19 years of being the vocalist, and singing the song every night, we would like to celebrate and commemorate a song that gave us wings that we never knew existed by re-recording it with our current lineup and with a fresh mix provided by Will Putney.
We will be releasing the single alongside an unreleased B-side from the original 2005 Wake The Dead recording sessions on 7″, along with a number of variations of the full length re-pressed with new packaging!”
A video for this revised take on the track is now available, with Jim Madden having overseen the direction & editing of the various fan-submitted footage. 20th anniversary touring plans for the above mentioned sophomore album are also on deck, with the below dates lined up:
With Cancer Bats & Orthodox:
02/24 Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
02/25 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
02/26 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s
With Defeater & Orthodox:
02/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
02/28 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
03/01 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
03/02 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
With Koyo, Orthodox & Desmadre:
03/04 Nashville, TN – Eastside Bowl
03/05 Jacksonville, FL – Underbelly
03/07 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
03/08 Fort Worth, TX – The Rail Club
With Koyo & Desmadre:
03/10 Denver, CO – Summit
03/11 Las Vegas, NV – Swan Dive
03/12 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
03/13 Los Angeles, CA – 1720 Warehouse
03/14 Berkeley, CA – 724 Gilman Street
03/15 Portland, OR – Dante’s
03/16 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
With Pennywise, Propagandhi, The Iron Roses & Dead Pioneers:
05/16 Barcelona, SPA – Poble Espanyol (feat. Madball)
05/17 Milan, ITA – Carroponte
05/18 Zurich, SWI – X-tra
05/20 Ljubljana, SLO – Kino Siska
05/21 Vienna, AUT – Arena Open Air
05/23 Augsburg, GER – Gaswerk Open Air (feat. Wizo)
05/24 Berendrecht, BEL – Booswegske
05/25 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
05/27 Cologne, GER – Live Music Hall
05/28 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
05/29 Hamburg, GER – Docks
05/31 Berlin, GER – Zitadelle Spandau
