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24 December 2024

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Father John MistyMahashmashana

"Unequivocally stunning" (10/10 -The Arts Desk). "Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate" (9/10 - DIY). "One of his finest albums" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

"A boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them" (10/10 - The Skinny). "It's a record built to last" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

Christopher OwensI Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

David Comes To Life

Fucked Up

David Comes To Life

Third album from the Toronto hardcore punk band

ADM rating[?]: 8.0
Label: Matador
UK Release date: 06/06/2011
US Release date: 07/06/2011

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10.0 27508
10.0 | Rave Magazine

So is June too early for album of the year calls? Fuck no
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10.0 27831
10.0 | A.V. Club

The work of a band openly aspiring to be great, and pulling it off
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9.2 27799
9.2 | Beats Per Minute

A liberating album that represents a giant step forward in every genre that it tackles and incorporates
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9.0 27374
9.0 | Spin

It's one of the most overly complicated hard-rock records of the past ten years. It's also one of the best
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9.0 27375
9.0 | BBC

One brilliant rock song follows another, defiantly leaden in construction but stalwart in performance. Rarely does such simple rock sound so satisfying
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9.0 28045
9.0 | The Digital Fix

It is, by any measure, a triumph
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9.0 27975
9.0 | PopMatters

Part unabashed love story, part whodunit mystery, part psychothriller, part existentialist exploration, part lefty agit-prop
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9.0 28600
9.0 | AU Review

Loud, effectual punk music
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8.6 27894
8.6 | Pitchfork

Absolutely worth the commitment, a convincing demonstration of what can happen when a band works without limitations
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8.5 27851
8.5 | The Quietus

Major kudos is due for flying in the face of both fashion and the purists, for attempting something so huge and so daring, and - most importantly – for pulling it off so spectacularly
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8.0 27969
8.0 | Drowned In Sound

Fucked Up sound little to nothing like anyone else in the game
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8.0 27376
8.0 | Uncut

Superheroic themes, plus recent touring with Arcade Fire, seem to have intensified their sense of celebratory uplift. Print edition only
8.0 27378
8.0 | Mojo

This is The Who's Tommy meets Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, a devotional punk rock masterpiece. Print edition only
8.0 27379
8.0 | Q

Startlingly ambitious and exhilaratingly loud. Print edition only
8.0 27594
8.0 | NME

Diverse, dimensional and multi-layered tale of love lost, found and endured
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8.0 27612
8.0 | musicOMH

The hooky riffs and unforgiving pace make it a fantastic rock album
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8.0 27636
8.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Captures the best of bar rock’s genial excitement, the intensity of hardcore, and the willingness to experiment of indie rock
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8.0 27710
8.0 | The Fly

This is, dare we say it, more a pop opera – just of epic proportions
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8.0 27751
8.0 | Slant Magazine

Could Fucked Up be evolving into a bizarro-world Arcade Fire?
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8.0 27768
8.0 | Clash

Solid musical cohesion and a thrusting triple-guitar assault that has an astounding clarity and is expertly choreographed
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8.0 27844
8.0 | The Scotsman

A mammoth 78-minute rock opera... Every track is attacked like a cavalry charge
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8.0 28033
8.0 | The Guardian

It's big-budget, stadium-sized hardcore, thoughtfully raging, occasionally a little generic, but on the whole beautifully done
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8.0 28089
8.0 | The Observer

The plot rarely makes sense but that hardly matters; as the riffs pile on top of each other, there's little choice but to submit
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8.0 28126
8.0 | The Skinny

Succeeds despite its dubious concept and daunting runtime, and though it may be hard to digest, it leaves a pleasant aftertaste
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7.5 27878
7.5 | Prefix

This is the strangest pop record yet in 2011, and the hardest-rocking rock record too
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7.0 27825
7.0 | Bowlegs

They mostly pull it off due to the catchy riffs and structured songs, but their inability to acknowledge when to stop ultimately hinders the record
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7.0 27839
7.0 | Rolling Stone

They still sustain eighty minutes of rousing noise-swirl powerage
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7.0 28284
7.0 | Under The Radar

Even if you can't quite make out all the words to David's story, it still plays like a thriller
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7.0 29068
7.0 | The Line Of Best Fit

A triumphant listen
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4.0 28382
4.0 | State

A sonically-accomplished but otherwise cold and repetitive rock album
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4.0 28242
4.0 | Tiny Mix Tapes

Overlong, overstuffed songs and arrangements, ridiculous album concept and lyrical conceit
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