Fucked Up
Year of the Tiger
Matador
2012
Rating: 8 boat anchors out of 10
Fucked Up have been releasing these zodiac-inspired singles for a few years now, though as a recent convert this was the first one I really spent much time with. And I put "single" in quotes because while this might only be two songs, the running time is just a couple of minutes short of forty minutes. For my money, it feels like these guys are getting closer and closer to putting out a Les Savy Fav album with each passing release, and I'm completely ok with that. In fact, that is probably why I'm so drawn to their more recent material, being a huge fan of the Fav and all. They manage to combine melody with heavy, dense rock, a mix that is almost always cheesy and awful - but that very small percentage of the time when it comes out right it's damn near pure gold.
Bear in mind, everything I said just then was for the title song, side A if you will. The flip track, "ONNO," sounds like an Oval song performed by a live band. Not terrible or anything, it just sort of a background jam, and inevitably you will space out thinking about something awesome like boobs or skateboards and then snap back a little while later and the song is still going cause it's over twenty minutes long and feels like it may never end.
But that first song - man, it fucking kills all who approach it.
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