Fucked Up round up
Fucked Up are a Toronto hardcore band with a strange history and a lot of 7 inches. I hate to admit this, but I first became aware of the band when the Fork posted some rather interesting pictures from a show they did with Pissed Jeans. It turns out Fucked Up had also released an album that garnered some accolades, but it was on the terminally lame Jade Tree, so if I was ever aware of it, I would have ignored it.
That all changed when I heard the badical “Year of the Pig” (A-side of the “Year of the Pig” 12″). It’s on middle-of-the-road indie rock label Where’s Your Rupture?, which is rather odd, as it’s an epic-as-fuck 19 minute progressive hardcore track. With its thick arrangements, heavy riffs, and extreme intensity, it doesn’t sound like anything else and blew my mind a little bit. So I holla’d at their album Hidden World. It’s not quite as audacious, but still excellent. My favorite track is the opener “Crusades” which is posted below.
Also of note is a cover Fucked Up did of the song “Stress” by Justice from the new album Cross. It was posted at the Vice Records blog, but is also reposted below.
Fucked Up - Year of the Pig (from “Year of the Pig” 12″) (expired)
Fucked Up - Crusades (from Hidden World album) (expired)
Fucked Up - Stress (Justice Cover)
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Acquire Hidden World(CD)
