Comeback Kid – Live (March 8th, 2007)

Fresh off a UK tour, Winnipeg’s hardcore hero’s Comeback Kid raged the stage of the Kathedral Thursday night in Toronto. The guys were in town to promote their third full length release “Broadcasting…”, produced by Blasting Room technician Bill Stevenson, so you know it’s going to be good!

And “Broadcasting…” translates very nicely live too, as the band shredded out songs featured on the album, but also played a lot of material from “Wake the Dead”, and a few samples from their first album “Turn it Around”.

The band wears their musical influences on their sleeves, and they pay homage well. Few hardcore bands today can capture the essence of old school spirit from bands like Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, or Hatebreed, and still able to put their own style to the sound without sounding redundant. I am not sure if there is a better, more intense, ravaging song to hear live than “Wake the Dead”! If you can’t get up for that song you don’t have a pulse.

All in all Comeback Kid gave everyone one in the club that rush you can only get from a good hardcore show. They closed it up with their last two songs, being the last two songs on their first two albums, Final Goodbye, and Lorelei. There were defiantly new members of the band playing, but sounded very tight and focused nonetheless. And that is a good thing because the band has a heavy touring schedule coming up.