After more than a decade away, Ontario’s Curbside make a thunderous return with A Lifetime to Outgrow, out August 8 via Thousand Islands Records (with European distribution through Bearded Punk Records). It’s their first full-length since 2012’s The Sound I Know, and it wastes no time proving the band hasn’t lost an ounce of speed, grit, or heart.
The lead singles We Were the Thieves and Pulling Teeth reintroduced Curbside with urgency—one drenched in nostalgia for youth gone sideways, the other an emotionally raw blast of melodic punk energy. Now joined by 12 more cuts, the album runs at full sprint, delivering breakneck riffs, soaring choruses, and lyrics that swing between personal reflection and anthemic release.
Recorded, engineered, and produced by frontman Pat Dietrich, A Lifetime to Outgrow also features mixing and mastering by John Harcus, artwork by Jason Alexander Cruz of Strung Out, and layout design from Dietrich himself. It’s a record built with precision, but played with the reckless abandon that defines great skate punk.
To mark the occasion, Curbside are also issuing their 2012 album The Sound I Know on vinyl for the first time—making this not just a comeback, but a celebration of where they’ve been and where they’re going next.
