Patrick
06-17-2008, 08:39 PM
Toronto's Fucked Up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Up) have signed to Matador. We will be putting out an EP (co-released with What's Your Rupture?) on July 22, and their second album on October 7, along with a slew of 7"es.
EP info:
Out worldwide on July 22, the EP is an expanded version of the 12″ single 'Year Of The Pig' 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 (http://lookingforgold.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html) 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) (http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/fucked_up/year_of_the_pig_edit.mp3)” (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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Sunny_Day) cover)
7″ (Japan): Year Of The Pig (Japanese Edit) / For My Friends (new track)
CDEP: All of the above
Album info:
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 Katie Stelmanis (http://merchnow.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JT&Product_Code=JT:JDT1122-CD&Category_Code=MUSIC&Product_Count=0]Hidden World"[/url] 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 [url="http://www.myspace.com/katiestelmanis) and the Vivian Girls (http://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc) on vocals, Max McCabe-Locos on organ (formerly of the Deadly Snakes, also featured on 'Year Of The Pig'), and many others.
Looking For Gold blog (http://lookingforgold.blogspot.com/)
Fucked Up Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Up)
EP info:
Out worldwide on July 22, the EP is an expanded version of the 12″ single 'Year Of The Pig' 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 (http://lookingforgold.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html) 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) (http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/fucked_up/year_of_the_pig_edit.mp3)” (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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Sunny_Day) cover)
7″ (Japan): Year Of The Pig (Japanese Edit) / For My Friends (new track)
CDEP: All of the above
Album info:
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 Katie Stelmanis (http://merchnow.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JT&Product_Code=JT:JDT1122-CD&Category_Code=MUSIC&Product_Count=0]Hidden World"[/url] 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 [url="http://www.myspace.com/katiestelmanis) and the Vivian Girls (http://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc) on vocals, Max McCabe-Locos on organ (formerly of the Deadly Snakes, also featured on 'Year Of The Pig'), and many others.
Looking For Gold blog (http://lookingforgold.blogspot.com/)
Fucked Up Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Up)