Coheed and Cambria are looking back to their basement-show days through the nostalgic video for new single “Someone Who Can.”
The latest preview from the quartet’s forthcoming The Father of Make Believe LP is a little more pop-geared than earlier previews “Blind Side Sonny” and “Searching for Tomorrow,” here playing out with a golden-chord-progression-derived chorus arrangement and a subtler, softer vocal performance from frontman Claudio Sanchez.
As for the video, it attempts to recreate Coheed’s beginnings, circa 1995, as they load up the van to hit a handful of shows. Throughout, we see a fictionalized version of the band (including a frizz-haired Sanchez stand-in) performing for late Nineties crowds that documented punk gigs with Camcorders instead of iPhones.
One scene finds the band facing a power outage onstage, which leads a soundguy (played by Sanchez) to scuttle them downstairs to the venue’s basement to finish the set.
“When you’re growing up, you’re perpetually trying to understand the world that’s changing around you,” Sanchez said in a statement, in relation to the nostalgic song and vid. “Over time, it’s comforting to reach the conclusion that you’ll never truly have things figured out.”
As previously reported, Coheed and Cambria’s The Father of Make Believe is due out March 14th via Virgin Music Group, and the band will be promoting the album on a spring co-headlining tour with Mastodon.
Coheed have likewise added a mid-summer co-headlining run with emo vets Taking Back Thursday, which kicks off August 16th at St. Louis, Missouri’s Music Park venue, and runs until a September 21st finale at Seattle’s Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery.
Likewise, Coheed and Cambria are due to perform at TOOL’s upcoming and inaugural “Live in the Sand” destination festival in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, while they launch their own SS Neverender cruise next November.
Coheed and Cambria tour dates 2025:
3/7-9 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – TOOL Live in the Sand
5/10 Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center*
5/11 Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum*
5/13 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater*
5/15 Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park*
5/16 Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery*
5/17 Augusta, GA – William B Bell Auditorium %
5/19 Estero, FL – Hertz Arena*
5/21 Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater*
5/22 Lexington, KY -Rupp Arena*
5/24 Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome*
5/25 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater*
5/26 Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC*
5/28 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena*
5/30 Syracuse, NY – Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater *
5/31 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain*
6/1 Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre*
6/3 Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum*
6/4 Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena*
6/6 Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena*
6/7 Green Bay, WI – Resch Center*
6/8 Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall*
7/11 Cheltenham, UK – 2000 Trees Festival
8/16 St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park $
8/17 Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park $
8/19 Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island $
8/20 Minneapolis, MN – Armory $
8/22 Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill $
8/23 Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! Outdoors $
8/24 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage $
8/26 Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion $
8/27 Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Skyline Stage at the Mann $
8/29 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center $
8/30 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway $
9/2 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion $
9/3 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater $
9/5 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy $
9/6 Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre $
9/8 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall $
9/9 Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater $
9/10 Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory $
9/12 Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre $
9/14 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre $
9/15 San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park $
9/17 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre $
9/18 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre $
9/20 Portland, OR – McMenamins Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn $
9/21 Seattle, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery $
11/08-13 – SS Neverender Cruise
* with Mastodon, Periphery
% with Periphery
$ with Taking Back Sunday, Foxing