Comeback Kid - Broadcasting...
|
Our Price: $13.98 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Used: from $1.98 (click here) Category: Music CD See more new music releases 
|
|---|
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Free Music Notes for Broadcasting...
Free Music Review: Another disapointing Victory record
Hit: 2 Stars
Comeback Kid has held a special place in my heart for several years. A band who has been good to my local hardcore scene, CBK was known for consistently solid performances and equally solid albums. I use the past tense because "Broadcasting" was one of the biggest disappointments of 2007. The first post Scott album from CBK lacks the urgency and depth of Turn it Around and Wake the Dead. While not terrible, the album sounds like it was made to appeal to an MTV crowd. More polished, and hardly engaging. If you've never heard CBK, do not get this album. Pick up Turn It Around. I have a feeling that this album will go down as either the last listen-able CBK album, or a decided flop in the band's career that will be relegated to the status of the favorite of a small pocket of fans.Free Music Review: BUT EVERY SO OFTEN...
Hit: 5 Stars
As some people have already said, this album is better in some ways and not as good in other ways as Wake the Dead. It has become one of my all-time favorites, though, which means a lot coming from me, as I'm a critical musician myself!
Musicianship is better all around on this album. These songs are loaded with time changes and complex rhythms, but all the parts flow smoothly and never sound out of place or overbearing. They put feeling in their breakdowns well, without losing technicality. Andrew's vocals are much more dynamic, yet are similar enough to Scott's that this album still has that distinct CBK sound we all love.
Drums and bass aren't mixed quite as well, but I think guitars and vocals are mixed better.
The emotion comes through a lot more on this album, without sounding "emo". It's just a great album. You should buy it if you appreciate high-energy music that doesn't sound like everybody else.
Free Music Review: eh
Hit: 2 Stars
The production is on par with a lot of other stuff going on, but if you're looking for something as engaging as the first two albums, especially Wake the Dead, don't expect it from Broadcasting. Scott Wade defined the front-end sound of Comeback Kid, and, while sometimes bands can move forward after changing singers, I believe Comeback Kid just moved in a different direction. Not altogether bad, but not the earlier Comeback Kid.Free Music Review: Out with the old and in with the new...
Hit: 4 Stars
The vocalist change-up is probably the single most important progression for Comeback Kid. My biggest gripe about these guys was Scott Wade's terrible monotone crow-like vocals. With Andrew now on the mic, the vocals are very dynamic, from screams, yells, and not-whiny clean singing. This guy is a very talented vocalist (in addition to song writer). In the past he has written and recorded all the songs. This album sounds like he gave a little more creative power to the other band members (which isn't such a great thing). Musically, this definitely is a slight regression from Wake The Dead (which had an awesome Skate Punk musical feel). The song structures are more interesting with some experimental feel, reaching into more broad territory than in their past. The setback is the speed has dropped considerably (less than half of the album is fast), replaced with a majority of mid-tempo hymns, and dabbling with emo passages. All the fast songs slow down about 30% into the song and have the same slow outro. Wake The Dead was one of the few totally amazing Blasting Room sounds (with an amazing bass sound). Broadcasting has the typical flat Blasting Room sound (which sounds like a glorified garage Pro-Tools studio), with dull felty kick drum, and low-gain, low-volume guitar, and terrible P-Bass sound (after a ripping bass sound on Wake The Dead). So in some ways, this is a milestone better, and in other aspects its a step-down. Either way, I'd recommend buying this record. The track order starts with two relatively mellow songs, before exploding the energy. And to me, track flow really affects the feel of the album. So I recommend only listening to this on random mix. Highlight tracks are Give'r, In Case of Fire, and In/Tuition (which is a really strong snappy closing song). If the tone were nearly as biting and thick as Wake The Dead, and the ratio of fast to slower songs was greater, this could have been 5 stars.Free Music Review: wow
Hit: 5 Stars
Very surprising turnaround for this band. I loved Scott Wade's vocals, but I never thought that this band could replace him with better vocals, more interesting post hardcore elements, and still keep that fast paced classic hardcore sound. Excellent CD. Every bit as good as Wake The Dead, and definitely not a repeat. Listeners who don't know that Scott left probably won't notice a difference, which is amazing. The new guy (former guitarist) actually sounds remarkably like Scott, but with more range and variety.
More Free Music Notes:
1 2
1 2