After the success of 2005's Wake the Dead, Comeback Kid found themselves in the promiseland of hardcore. In the midst of this, their original singer leaves, and is replaced by guitar player and former Figure Four lead singer Andrew Neufield.
Considering that two members of the band were ex Figure Four, and they were recruiting another one, my expectations for this album was a new Figure Four record. However instead we got a VERY mediocre Comeback Kid record.
Neufield tries his best to imitate their former front man and succeeds, instead of using his "growl" in Figure Four which was very Hatebreed/Jamey Jasta-esque. This isn't that bad because he sounds almost identical to the former singer Scott Wade, however until you hear Neufield doing HIS OWN BACK VOCALS, you realize that there is quite the bit of head scratching.
Now lets back up for a second. ALOT of bands do their own background vocals right? Yes, but Comeback Decides to do it with the same guy, with a DIFFERENT vocal tone. Huh?
Not only is that a little strange, but half the record seems like they were writing to please fans of Wake the Dead, while the other half is displaying their "progression" by writing slow, droney, Modern Life is War rip-off songs.
Basically this record is just boring. Nothing stands out, and it's MEDIOCORE at its best. Seriously, did we ever think CBK would fall victim to this disease?
FINAL GRADE: C+
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