![Glass Boys (2LP) [Deluxe Edition] on Vinyl by Fucked Up](https://d3fa68hw0m2vcc.cloudfront.net/images/autosize/16413529.jpeg?width=228&height=285&format=jpeg "Glass Boys (2LP) [Deluxe Edition] on Vinyl by Fucked Up")
From the eye-catching, provocative band name and band members’ stage names, to lead singer Damian “Pink Eyes” Abraham’s larger-than-life stage presence, to the dense lyrics and hardcore punk-inspired musical mess, the Toronto punk rockers demand attention and do so with dramatic aplomb.
Despite dozens of 7″s, collaborations, singles, and splits over the past 10 years David Comes To Life is only the band’s third official LP.
David Comes To Life is a 18 track, 78 minute, four-act narrative album that encompasses a handful of esoteric characters dealing with the troubles and joys of love, all in thunder-charged guitar clangor but there is little in the way of self-indulgence.
Fucked Up has taken what they’ve been honing for the past 10 years and gone one better, adding lush female vocals and celestial, electronica-inspired effects in an effort to constantly titillate and surprise. Most strikingly, their intriguingly complex triple guitar interplay has reached sublime levels of intricacy, with each of the three contributing subtly distinct, exquisitely complimentary parts to create an intensely immersive whole.
They may reel you in with a driving central riff, but rather than just stretch it out for a couple of minutes and get all shouty over the top, they proceed to hammer it home with bloody-minded intent, fleshing it out in ever more expansive forms until the auditory experience eclipses anything you might imagine from a hardcore band.
Buy this if you like; Career Suicide, Pissed Jeans, The Bronx, Black Flag and Negative Approach.
