***With One Day, Fucked Up have delivered one of the most energizing and intricate albums of their career, a massive-sounding record that arrives in deceptively small confines. The Canadian hardcore legends have been known for their epic scale in the past, so it might be a surprise that Fucked Up’s sixth studio album is their shortest to date, written and recorded in the confines of one literal day (hence the title). Don’t mistake size for substance, though: The band’s sound has only gotten bigger, more hard-charging, with even denser thickets of melody. “I wanted to see what I could record in literally one day.” That singular idea came to mind for guitarist Mike Haliechuk in the closing months of 2019. Haliechuk got himself into a studio and proceeded to write and record the record’s ten tracks over three eight-hour sessions, reconnecting with the core the band’s songwriting essence in the process. Initially, Fucked Up vocalist Damian Abraham was also set to complete his vocals in similar fashion—that is, before the lockdowns of 2020 took place. As it turns out, the isolation yielded creative dividends, as Abraham returned to contributing lyrics as well for the first time since 2014’s Glass Boys. One Day is an undeniable work of confidence from a band that continues to operate at the top of their game, making music that’s guaranteed to last a lifetime and beyond. Limited colored version pressed on blue in milky clear color-in-color vinyl.
LP $21.35
01/27/2023
LP COLOR $21.35
01/27/2023
***Recorded over 6 months by Jon Drew at Giant Studios in Toronto, Year of the Ox is the band’s fourth record in the continuing 12-year cycle and adds to its evolving retinue of guest musicians. The patient and building Year of the Ox features Nika Rosa Danilova of Zola Jesus for a guest vocal passage and Toronto’s string quartet, New Strings Old Puppets. B-side “Solomon’s Song,” a gothic vampire love tribute to Twilight, features a 5-minute saxophone solo from Aerin Fogel of the Bitters and heavy synthing from Trust.
12" $17.75
07/29/2022
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Received a 7.3 rating from Pitchfork. “I was sent an unfinished version of Dose Your Dreams so that I might contribute string parts. I couldn’t stop listening to the rough mixes I received. A friend asked me how the record was. I replied, 'My God, FUCKED UP have made their Screamadelica.' And psych-rock-groove it is. The drums mixed wide, propensity for drones, for delay pedal, for repetition, groove. The politics and aesthetics of hardcore married to an 'open format' approach to genre. Elements of doo-wop, krautrock, groove, digital hardcore. 'None of Your Business Man' opens the album in familiar enough territory, a saxassisted exit from an office space. But things get psychedelic very quickly. By the time the title track arrives, MIKE HALIECHUK is whispering, wah pedals are in full effect, and we’re wearing oversized t-shirts and pinwheeling. 'Accelerate,' the lyrical centerpiece of the album, storms in like Boredoms on a bullet train and dissolves into a digital nightmare. The album closer, 'Joy Stops Time,' finds Fucked Up at their most Düsseldorfian, nearly eight minutes of blissful motorik. At the center of it all is DAMIAN ABRAHAM's scream—a man chained, a man tortured, a true protagonist. The effect is one of an epic, every chapter attempting its own narrative devices, its own genre hybridization—and it works, it works so insanely well..."—Owen Pallett, June 2018. CD includes a booklet and poster inserts. Both vinyl versions include a newsprint poster. Limited vinyl version on yellow in...
2XLP $22.50
10/05/2018
2XCD $15.00
10/05/2018
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Received a 7.3 rating from Pitchfork. “I was sent an unfinished version of Dose Your Dreams so that I might contribute string parts. I couldn’t stop listening to the rough mixes I received. A friend asked me how the record was. I replied, 'My God, FUCKED UP have made their Screamadelica.' And psych-rock-groove it is. The drums mixed wide, propensity for drones, for delay pedal, for repetition, groove. The politics and aesthetics of hardcore married to an 'open format' approach to genre. Elements of doo-wop, krautrock, groove, digital hardcore. 'None of Your Business Man' opens the album in familiar enough territory, a saxassisted exit from an office space. But things get psychedelic very quickly. By the time the title track arrives, MIKE HALIECHUK is whispering, wah pedals are in full effect, and we’re wearing oversized t-shirts and pinwheeling. 'Accelerate,' the lyrical centerpiece of the album, storms in like Boredoms on a bullet train and dissolves into a digital nightmare. The album closer, 'Joy Stops Time,' finds Fucked Up at their most Düsseldorfian, nearly eight minutes of blissful motorik. At the center of it all is DAMIAN ABRAHAM's scream—a man chained, a man tortured, a true protagonist. The effect is one of an epic, every chapter attempting its own narrative devices, its own genre hybridization—and it works, it works so insanely well..."—Owen Pallett, June 2018. CD includes a booklet and poster inserts. Both vinyl versions include a newsprint poster. Limited vinyl version on yellow in clear...
2XLP $26.75
10/05/2018
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Toronto punk rock heavyweights FUCKED UP present another single of raw-ass music and thought provoking lyrics. "Dangerous Fumes" is another charged, mid-tempo hardcore punk anthem picking up where the "Litany" single left off. The B-side, "Teenage Problems" incorporates more melodies while still maintaining the punk attitude that Fucked Up has become known for.
7" $6.00
12/18/2012
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Their second and best EP which includes their song 'Police.” This record only reaffirms the superb song writing and delivery abilities of this young Canadian band. Catchy, powerful straight forward, yet melodic hardcore punk. A fresh combination of mid-tempo growling vocals ala Negative Approach and driving rhythm like Adolescents/Germs.
7" $6.00
03/13/2012
