COMEBACK KID

Heavy Steps

NUCLEAR BLAST

Canada’s hardcore punk standard-bearers go back to basics

after the divisive and slightly more experimental album, Canadian punk legends Comeback Kid appear to have re-evaluated their sound and decided that, actually, writing big anthemic slabs of melodic hardcore is very much where their bread is buttered. is definitely a far more recognisably Comeback Kid-sounding record than its predecessor. And whilst some artists going back to their core sound can be an admittance that they’ve run out of ideas, here it just feels like the band are playing very