Fucked Up are offering a new song from their upcoming Glass Boys LP, "Led By Hand" for download to their Twitter followers. The song is also streaming, as included here (below).
Glass Boys will be the Canadian group's fourth full-length, to be released by Matador Records.
Even though I’ve listened to some of their material, I hadn't really plunged deep into Fucked Up-mania. It wasn’t until I checked out their new song “Paper The House” that I became captivated by the music of this tumultuous, rudely-named band. The tribal drum intro, the ecstatic guitar duel, and barechested frontman Damian Abraham’s face-melting, guttural howls make Glass Boys’ lead single a savory … Read more
It was one of the most anticipated albums of the year, and was welcomed with such positive reception. Needless to say, my expectations were high. Chemistry of Common Life was one of my favorite albums of 2008 and the idea of Fucked Up writing a rock-opera was intriguing to me. Now it's months later, and I'm still trying to figure … Read more
In Fucked Up's early years, they only released songs on seven-inch records, two songs at time, sometimes three, very rarely four or more. Songs during the fifties and sixties were released in a similar fashion, the jukebox single on the a-side with one or two more on the back. Songs rarely exceeded the four-minute mark due to the space constraints … Read more
In the days leading up to the three-day Fun Fun Fun Fest, weather forecasters were calling for yet another weekend of torrential rain in and around Austin. Strange, as, after going precipitation free for the majority of the previous three months, the weekend of the US Formula 1 Grand Prix … Read more
After our pre-festival coverage of Beacons 2013, we spoke to a couple of the headliners: Fucked Up and Wire. Read on for more from both bands. Fucked Up/No Warning - Ben Cook Scene Point Blank: That show just now looked crazy. Ben Cook: Yeah, I was pretty high. Scene Point … Read more
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