#20

Fucked Up
Hidden World
(Jade Tree)

I’ve had a ban in spouting profanities on this space for a few reasons. One, it’s lazy. Two, it’s unnecessary. Three, what if my boss/parents read this? Honestly, I’m gonna keep it up, but when you have a band like Fucked Up, I’m not gonna be a huge wimp and “*” and “$” their name up. After all, these are a group of people who stick to their morals as unusual, non-mainstream, and, yeah, quite possibly as fucked up as they are. They’re true-blue punk rockers here giving good old hardcore a lift out of straight-edge stagnation. Aside from Clockcleaner (who I didn’t hear until last week – unreal), I can’t really think of hardcore as brutal and uncompromising that I want to hear on a regular basis. Loud and screamy is one thing, it’s their arm-raised triumphant-ness and self-righteousness that makes me want to throw Molotov cocktails at Verizon stores, convert my car to vegetable oil and replace my entire library with Zinn and Chomsky. High fucking recommendation.