Categories : Hard Rock + Metal, Music Reviews.
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Rating: 3/5 Released: February 20, 2007 Reviewer: Trent McMartin |
Hardcore bands have always had a tendency to flood their music with an overabundance of anthemic gang vocals – to the point where a song can end up sounding like an overzealous drunken singalong. Winnipeg hardcore act Comeback Kid will never be accused of being just occasional dabblers, implementing gang vocals every chance they get.
Broadcasting… is their first release since the departure of original singer Scott Wade last year, and the first featuring Andrew Neufield on vocals, though one essentially cannot tell the difference between Neufield’s anguished wail and Wade’s deafening howl. Differentiating between hardcore vocalists is like distinguishing between their vocal counterparts in death metal bands – it’s virtually impossible.
Still, Broadcasting is a solid album despite the fact that many of the tracks are weighed down by their own intemperance, ultimately failing to break away from the traditional, often stagnant confines of hardcore. Highly energetic, it’s not a stand out hardcore-metal release, but enough to get everyone to raise their glasses and sing along.
Buy Broadcasting … from iTunes >> 
