Coheed And Cambria release new standalone single, The Joke

Coheed And Cambria have just unleashed a brand-new single and video.

Entitled The Joke, the track actually comes from the sessions for the band’s 2022 10th album Vaxis – Act II: A Window Of The Waking Mind, but is only seeing the light of day now a couple of years down the line. Vocalist Claudio Sanchez intriguingly says of it, “The meaning behind The Joke is basically, ‘If you need a punching bag, I’ll be that guy.’”

A new 7” for The Joke also comes with remixed and remastered rare B-side Deranged, which was originally released back in 2011 for the Batman: Arkham City soundtrack.

Watch the video for The Joke below:

Catch Coheed live at the following this year:

July

12 Redding, CA @ Redding Civic Auditorium *
13 Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater *
15 Idaho Falls, ID @ Mountain America Center *
18 Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park *
19 Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield *
20 Spokane, WA @ Pavilion at Riverfront *
22 Bonner, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheatre *
24 Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center *
26 Waite Park, MN @ The Ledge Amphitheater *
27 Cedar Rapid, IA @ McGrath Amphitheatre *
28 La Vista, NE @ The Astro *
30 Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center *

August

1 Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *
2 Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field *
3 St. Louis, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park *
5 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center *
6 Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live! *
8 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
9 Buffalo, NY @ Outer Harbor Buffalo *
10 Big Flats, NY @ Tag’s Summer Stage-= The Budweiser Summer Stage at Tag’s *
12 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC *
13 Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point *
14 Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
16 Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union Live! *
17 Charlotte, NC @ SKYLA Credit Union Amphitheatre *
23 Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena #
24 Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena #
27 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center #
29 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden #
31 Boston, MA @ TD Garden #

September

3 Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena #
6 Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory #
7 Austin, TX @ Moody Center #
9 Denver, CO @ Ball Arena #
12 San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center #

October

4 – 6 Princeton, AL @ Furnace Fest
19 Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young

* = w/ Primus
# = w/ Incubus

Read this: Claudio Sanchez: “Sometimes I look at us and think of King Kong… We’re these savages from the jungle put out there as a spectacle”