Fucked Up – “Couple Tracks” 7”
Matador, 2010
Acquired: Crossroads Music, Used, 2013
Price: $2
The “Couple Tracks” 7” offers up a glimpse of Fucked Up in
between The Chemistry of Common Life and
David Comes to Life. As sophisticated
as those two albums are (and I mean genuinely sophisticated, not just
sophisticated for a hardcore band), “Couple Tracks” and “Heir Apparent” are
down and dirty, no nonsense hardcore jams that are easy to get behind. Fucked
Up have a knack for making songs that are both blistering and accessible. Songs
that are full of sociopolitical messages or narrative structures that also kick
total ass. They’re a punk band’s punk band and yet they’re also a punk band
your girlfriend who hates punk rock on principle might like (I speak from
experience, and while Jenny can’t tolerate Fucked Up for extended periods of
time she did enjoy a few tracks from David
Comes to Life and I put it on the board as a victory). The thinking man’s
screamy music. Fucked Up are untouchable and should be feared and respected by
every other band in the game. Even when they’re just turning out seemingly by
the book punk rock as they are here, they’re still doing it at an extremely
high level with sonics that never fail to sound artful.
"Couple Tracks"
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