Riverhead releases second single 'Broken Boy' from new album 'Cancer'

Danish post hardcore rock band RIVERHEAD will release their sophomore album ‘Cancer’ on April 28th 2023 through German label Sounds of Subterrania. Last month, the band shared the first single and video ‘Numb To The World’ and today sees the release of the album’s second single ‘Broken Boy’ which sets out to explore the album’s theme of life, death and survival, from a specific personal perspective of remembrance and realization.

Bassist Mixen Lindberg elaborates: "Broken Boy is a parallel story about betrayal and perseverance, as seen through the eyes of a child and an adult. It's a reflection of having lived half a lifetime, and coming to terms with the fact that nothing is ever quite what it seems. Also, it was the first song we worked on as a band.”

Also, watch the video for RIVERHEAD’s ‘Numb To The World’

Riverhead - Numb To The World - YouTube

RIVERHEAD will play a string of shows supporting the album, including two DK release shows and festival performances at SPOT, Copenhell and Booze Cruise. More shows will be announced soon, including German dates.

RIVERHEAD live 2023:

• 28.04.23 - Sway, Aarhus (DK)
• 29.04.23 - Sound Station, Copenhagen (DK)
• 06.05.23 - SPOT Festival, HQ, Aarhus (DK)
• 14-17.06.23 - Copenhell (DK)
• 23-25.06.23 - Booze Cruise Festival (DE)
• 05.08.23 - Byhaven, Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)

RIVERHEAD was formed in 2015 and consists of four experienced musicians, who know each other from the Danish metal and hardcore scene having played together in different contexts in the past. The band found its first frontman in Swedish singer Jonas Pedersen, and in the beginning of 2016, the first EP ‘Letting Go/Something To Die For’ was released, followed by the debut album ‘Nothing’ in 2018. Along the way, the band played a good amount of shows and deservedly earned its reputation for being an intense, tight live unit.

When Jacob Bredahl entered RIVERHEAD as its new singer in 2021, and with the band underway with preparations for the upcoming record, he was diagnosed with cancer, which turned everything upside down. With a life threatening illness in the mix, an increased focus on the music and friendship, the subsequent process was both tough and beautiful, and the new album ‘Cancer’ ended up creating itself, right there in the middle of the band’s joint struggle for the project.

‘Cancer’ is a rough, melodic rock album emanating the member’s background in hardcore and metal while the band treads new paths towards a more vulnerable expression. An approach that is a natural consequence of the dissolvement, illness and struggle that have marked the band these last years - a struggle which has now resulted in a strong and honest record about survival.

‘Cancer’ is produced by Jacob Bredahl and Riverhead, recorded by Tommy Hansen, Tue Madsen and Jacob Bredahl, mastered by Brad Boatright with artwork by Liz Curso. ‘Cancer’ is released on LP/CD/Digital via Sounds of Subterrania April 28th 2023.