Cheekface share ‘Hard Mode’ ahead of an extensive US tour in early 2025. Vocalist and guitarist Greg Katz said the song is ‘About growth and how fucking awkward it is, and it’s about growth’s younger sibling self-awareness, which is not the same as growth and twice as awkward’.
Looking at how we all like to make even the most simple things needlessly difficult – and how our competitive nature is always trying to get the better of us: ‘A little friendly competition is healthy as long as I win’ – the song mixes the with hooks that sound like Bob Pollard covering Cheap Trick with the self-depreciating and ever-relatable humor of Cake.
Tour dates
1/23/2025 – Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre
1/25/2025 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
4/3/2025 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
4/4/2025 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
4/5/2025 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
4/7/2025 – Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
4/8/2025 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Cambridge
4/9/2025 – Austin, TX – The Ballroom Inside
4/11/2025 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Up
4/12/2025 – New Orleans, LA – Chickie Wah Wah
4/14/2025 – Orlando, FL – The Social
4/15/2025 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
4/16/2025 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade Purgatory
4/18/2025 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
4/19/2025 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy
4/20/2025 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
4/21/2025 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
4/23/2025 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
4/24/2025 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
4/25/2025 – New York, NY – Elsewhere Hall
5/3/2025 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
5/4/2025 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase
5/6/2025 – Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance
5/7/2025 – Toronto, ON – The Axis Club
5/9/2025 – Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket
5/10/2025 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe
5/11/2025 – Detroit, MI – El Club
5/13/2025 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
5/14/2025 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
5/15/2025 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
5/17/2025 – St Louis. MO – Blueberry Hill Duck Room
5/19/2025 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
5/21/2025 – Boise, ID – The Shredder
5/23/2025 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
5/24/2025 – Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
5/25/2025 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
5/27/2025 – San Fransisco, CA – The Independent
5/29/2025 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
