Canadian hardcore heavyweights Comeback Kid release their anticipated seventh studio album, ‘Heavy Steps’ via Nuclear Blast Records.
‘Heavy Steps,’ which follows the hardcore veteran’s 2017’s critically acclaimed full-length ‘Outsider,’ sees the band returning to their roots both geographically and musically. Although the members of the band are currently residing across Canada in Winnipeg, Toronto, and Vancouver, the band decided to write and record their latest effort in the band’s originating city of Winnipeg, Manitoba at Private Ear Recording Studio and once again enlisted the services of producer John Paul Peters (Cancer Bats, Propagandhi) who recorded the band’s debut album ‘Turn It Around.’
In addition to co-production by Peters, on ‘Heavy Steps,’ the band collaborated with prominent Grammy Award-winning mixer and long-time fan of the band Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Every Time I Die). Featuring guest appearances by Gojira’s Joe Duplantier, Heavy Steps is no longer a prerequisite to realizing Comeback Kid’s influence on modern punk, but the delivery of pure anthemic chaos, sheer speed, and force. It is a statement of intent.
“We are over the moon to finally put out ‘Heavy Steps,’” shares lead vocalist Andrew Neufeld. “This album’s journey started two years ago when the pandemic hit and has brought us here today as one of the most collaborative efforts we have had the privilege to be involved in. From writing the album from across the country to meeting Winnipeg to jam and eventually record. Having a mixer like Will Putney get involved and bringing the sonic elements to life. It has truly been an honor.”
“It’s about hitting the ground running, not knowing when or where the ground could break from underneath you,” summarizes Neufeld. “It’s heavy steps on thin ice. Heavy steps on hollow ground.”
Alongside the album release, Comeback Kid have unveiled a high-energy live performance video directed by Dylan Gould for the focus track ‘Face The Fire.’ Neufeld shared about the video, “We were finally able to operate as a band again and tour over the last 5 months and this new video ‘Face The Fire’ is a collection of footage and photos that I collected over that time. It is an accurate reflection of what our live shows encompass and that specific energy that we have missed so much.”