“Often, bands go through a sort of identity crisis after doing something as grand and ambitious as David Comes To Life. For Fucked Up, though, following that album up seems to be a matter of digging deep into their own sound, of making their version of punk rock as huge and life-affirming as it can get. In Toronto, the band members play me four songs from the new album, and all of them could fit comfortably onto David if not for matters of rock-opera continuity. These are tough, direct, fun songs, and they punch for the heart the way the band’s best songs always have.”
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