David Comes To Life
Toronto's Fucked Up continue their outsized ambition with a lengthy rock opera featuring a twisted storyline and epic guitar-driven songs.
Much like Psychedelic Horseshit, Bitch Magnet or Anal Cunt, Fucked Up is one of those bands I can't really discuss with my mother. Next time we chat, and she asks if I've written about anything interesting lately, I can't tell her I reviewed the new Fucked Up record. Nothing against her, she's a very sweet and good-natured woman, but she can't wrap her head around this kind of stuff. She didn't even listen to the Cat Power album I bought her, so even if Fucked Up had a less expletive-inclined name, they wouldn't stand a chance. Which is a shame, because my mother raised me to be an ambitious guy, and ...
At this stage in the colorful career of Fucked Up, the truly logical thing to do was to release a double-length concept album.
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One gets the sense that 'David Comes to Life' is a rite of passage for Fucked Up more than any kind of masterwork. Read our review.
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