Cove Reber

Cove Reber (born August 28, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter known for his contributions to the post-hardcore music scene. He is best known for his tenure as the lead vocalist of Saosin from 2004 to 2010. In 2024, Reber, alongside Anthony Green, joined Saosin for their 20th anniversary tour and live album. Since 2021, he has toured with Saosin, sharing vocal duties with Anthony Green. Reber has also fronted the bands Dead American and Lé Tired. Reber re-joined Saosin officially since 2024.

Early life Cove Reber was born in Provo, Utah, and grew up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

During an interview with Shane Told of Silverstein on the Lead Singer Syndrome podcast, Reber cites that he was influenced by the newly "popping off" San Diego pop-punk band Blink-182 specifically taking after the band's vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus.

Reber started out in early life as vocalist for Vista, California, high school bands Mormon In The Middle and Stamp Out Detroit in the early 2000s before auditioning and joining Saosin as lead vocalist in 2004.

Musical career Saosin (2004–2010; 2024–present)

In early 2004 Reber auditioned for and integrated in to the post-hardcore band, Saosin, where he replaced vocalist, Anthony Green. With Saosin, Reber recorded The Grey EP, Saosin EP and notably Saosin (2006) and In Search of Solid Ground (2009) with the inclusion of the live album and DVD Come Close at The Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2007.

Reber was asked to leave Saosin in early 2010. Later reports from the band cited that Reber was asked to leave Saosin due to the deterioration of his stage and vocal performance and he could no longer perform. Reber later addressed his departure by saying the following:

Following Reber's departure, the band entered a hiatus period, during which the original lead vocalist, Anthony Green, returned to replace Reber in 2014.

In 2024, Reber officially rejoined Saosin with plans to re-record and re-release their self-titled debut album. Prior to this, Reber had been serving as a guest vocalist alongside Green since 2021 touring their live shows.

Patriot (2011–2016) After leaving Saosin in 2010, Reber started a project titled Patriot with Joey Bradford (a guitarist of A Static Lullaby and the Used) and Kyle Rosa. In 2011 demo versions of songs Float Away With Me and I Found My Way were released on the groups BandCamp page. In 2016, Patriot released an official 4-track Dream Weaver EP.

Dead American (2016–present) Then residing in Salt Lake City in 2016, Reber had met Sleep For Sleepers guitarist Chad Jordan through a friend. Inspired by instrumental demos that Jordan had recorded, Reber recorded vocals over them. The recorded demos later surfaced in 2017 and into early 2018 on Reber's Instagram feed which included promotional shots and compilations of recording progress teasers under the name Dead American.

Throughout 2018, Dead American officially released short teasers featuring Reber on their Instagram feed promoting songs from their EP, The Shape of Punk Is Dumb. On September 1, 2018, Ants and Pawns was the first of five successive singles to be released from their EP. The Shape of Punk is Dumb was released independently on October 5, 2018. On August 23, 2019, the sixth single Wandering was released shortly after the EP's release as a bonus track.

Since 2019, the band went on to sign a record deal with Equal Vision Records and Velocity Records and release two singles Choke and Full of Smoke from their debut album New Nostalgia. Reber ended up touring with the band until 2022.

Lé Tired In 2024, Reber, Joey Bradford and Kyle Rosa (all previously from Patriot) founded a project titled lé tired. The band promised to release one song a month, documenting the recording process on their YouTube channel.

Guest appearances Destroy the Runner - "From The Red" (feat. Cove Reber) from Saints (2006) Norma Jean - "Surrender Your Sons", "Robots 3 Humans 0", "Murphy Was an Optimist" and "And There Will Be a Swarm of Hornets" from The Anti Mother (2008) HOllOWS - "You're Not the Only One" (feat. Cove Reber) from HOllOWS EP (2016). The Undertaking! - "And Everything Worked out Just Fine" (feat. Cove Reber) from Funeral Psalms (2021) 09 - "Lost Years" (feat. Cove Reber) from Lost Years (2021) Scary Kids Scaring Kids - "New Morning" from Out of Light (2022) Wake Me - "Together Alone" (feat. Cove Reber) (Single, 2022) Dvrk x Helzak - "Pipe Dream" (feat. Cove Reber) (Single, 2022) P.O.D. - "This Is My Life" from Veritas (2024)

Bands

Discography

Saosin EPs

The Grey EP (2008), Capitol Saosin (EP) (2005), Capitol

Albums Saosin (2006), Capitol Come Close (2008), Capitol In Search of Solid Ground (2009), Virgin Singles

Mookie's Last Christmas (Acoustic Audition, 2004), Independent Capitol Demos (Demo, 2005), Independent Come Close (Demo, 2005), Independent 2010 Demos (Demo, 2010), Independent

Patriot EPs Dream Weaver (EP) (2016), Independent Singles

I Found My Way (Demo song, 2011)

Dead American EPs The Shape of Punk is Dumb (2018), Independent Albums

New Nostalgia (2022), Equal Vision Records, Velocity Records

Singles False Intentions (2019), Independent Wandering (2019), Independent Choke (2021), Equal Vision Records, Velocity Records Full of Smoke (2022), Equal Vision Records, Velocity Records ADD (2023), Velocity Records Into Oblivion (2024), Velocity Records

Le Tired Singles My Seasonal Ghost (2024) Arctic Dispute (2024)