Matador Records | Fucked Up

The first MP3 from Fucked Up's The Chemistry Of Common Life (Oct 7) is this immense multi-tracked assemblage, entitled "No Epiphany." The 7" depicted above will come out this fall and contain two versions of the song entirely different from the album version you're about to hear. The word "monumental" was invented for music like this. Backing vocals by Cassie Ramone, Frankie Rose and Kickball Katy. "No Epiphany" (MP3) Fucked Up are currently on tour in Europe and will be hitting many festivals. The expanded EP version of their "Year Of The Pig" single comes out on July 22. to reiterate those European dates:

Jul 8 - Benidorm ES - Abraxas
Jul 9 - Barcelona ES - Nitsa
Jul 10 - Getaria ES - Gaztetxe
Jul 11 - Madrid ES - Sal El Sol
Jul 12 - Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland - T In The Park
Jul 13 - Birmingham UK - Supersonic Festival
Jul 14 - London UK - Water Rats, Kings Cross
Aug 17 - Lelystad NL - Lowlands Festival, Charlie Stage
Aug 20 - Belfast IE - Limelight
Aug 21 - Dublin IE - Whelans
Aug 22 - Ghent BE - Ieper Fest
Aug 23 - Reading UK - Reading Festival
Aug 24 - Leeds UK - Leeds Festival
Aug 25 - Bradford UK - 1 in 12 Club

Toronto's Fucked Up have just finished recording their second album. It will come out on Matador worldwide on October 7. Entitled The Chemistry Of Common Life, it contains 11 tracks on the CD and 12 tracks on the double vinyl. This sprawling, multi-instrumental epic is "basically about rebirth and the Sun. And lightning," according to guitarist 10,000 Marbles. The sound is incredibly dense, featuring 10-15 guitar tracks on many songs, along with flutes, organs, and French horn, with an elegant clarity and sense of purpose. The record picks up where 2006's Hidden World left off, in terms of the band's characteristic monumentality, but injects a newfound urgency and unease which the mystical lyrical concerns only amplify. Guest performers include Katie Stelmanis and the Vivian Girls on vocals, Max McCabe-Locos on organ (formerly of the Deadly Snakes, also featured on Fucked Up's Year Of The Pig), and many others. Fucked Up will be touring Canada and Europe this summer:
Jun 27 - Calgary AB - Vern's (622 8 Ave SW) - 1 AM - Sled Island Festival Jun 28 - Calgary AB - Royal Canadian Legion #1 (117 7 Ave SE) - 1 AM - Sled Island Festival
Jun 29 - Calgary AB - Palomino Smokehouse (109 7 Ave SW) - 1 PM - Sled Island Festival
Jul 3 - Chatham, Kent UK - The Tap and Tin
Jul 4 - Kent UK - Z008 Festival, Tap and Tin Stage
Jul 5 - Belfort FR - Eurokennes Festival
Jul 6 - Zurich CH - Dynamo
Jul 8 - Benidorm ES - Abraxas
Jul 9 - Barcelona ES - Nitsa
Jul 10 - Getaria ES - Gaztetxe
Jul 11 - Madrid ES - Sal El Sol
Jul 12 - Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland - T In The Park
Jul 13 - Birmingham UK - Supersonic Festival
Jul 14 - London UK - Water Rats in Kings Cross
Aug 17 - Lelystad NL - Lowlands Festival, Charlie Stage
Aug 20 - Belfast IE - Limelight Aug 21 - Dublin IE - Whelans
Aug 22 - Ghent BE - Ieper Fest Aug 23 - Reading UK - Reading Festival
Aug 24 - Leeds UK - Leeds Festival
Aug 25 - Bradford UK - 1 in 12 Club This will be followed by a few shows on the West Coast of the US at the end of August and the first week of September. "Plus probably a few more." Fucked Up blog Fucked Up Wikipedia article As a preliminary to the album, Matador and What's Your Rupture? are co-releasing an expanded EP version of Fucked Up's Year Of The Pig single this July. It was originally released as a 12" single on What's Your Rupture? last year. More details here.

Matador and What's Your Rupture? are pleased to announce a joint release: the Year Of The Pig EP from Toronto's Fucked Up. Out worldwide on July 22, the EP is an expanded version of the 12" single released by WYR? in mid-2007 (and by Vice in the UK in early 2008). In addition to the original 18-minute title track and the flipside, "The Black Hats," there are three edits of the title track and three unreleased tracks. Each edit and each unreleased track will be featured on one of three 7" singles, each with a different sleeve, to be released in the US, the UK, and Japan respectively. "Year Of The Pig" is the second in a series of songs based on the Chinese zodiac. It is about the plight of sex workers in Canada. The initial release, and a companion concert, generated $4,000 for a prostitution rights charity in Toronto. Read more about the issues, and the notorious Robert Pickton case, at this blog post by the band. Featuring keyboards, an ethereal female guest vocal and multiple, interlocking musical sections, it is Fucked Up's most ambitious work to date. Here is a 256K MP3 of the US edit: "Year Of The Pig (US 7" edit)" (256K MP3) Track listings: 12": Year Of The Pig / The Black Hats 7" (US): Year Of The Pig (US Edit) / Mustaa Lunta (new track) 7" (UK): Year Of The Pig (US Edit) / Anorak City (new track � Another Sunny Day cover) 7" (Japan): Year Of The Pig (Japanese Edit) / For My Friends (new track) CDEP: All of the above Fucked Up will be playing three shows in Calgary later this month, and will tour Europe throughout July and August. Looking For Gold blog