Fucked Up: David Comes to Life – review

(Matador)Once a hardcore band steeped in scene convention – all vinyl-only singles and chaotic DIY gigs – somewhere along the way Toronto's Fucked Up got a taste for grand, expectation-busting gestures. Thus the flirtations with magick and mysticism, 12-hour marathon gigs, arena tours with Arcade Fire and now this, their third album, a 78-minute rock opera. So far, so outlandish, but just as even their fearsomely noisy early material always had an accessible, anthemic core, the songs here â...

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