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NOW Magazine
40 at 40: Fucked Up reflect on the time they could have been huge
After a decade, the Toronto hardcore band looks back at David Comes To Life – an album that nearly propelled them to arena rock status By Richard Trapunski
Photos by Kathryn Gaitens
There was a moment in 2011 when it felt like Fucked Up would become one of the biggest bands in the world.
That’s the year the Toronto six-piece appeared on the cover of NOW Magazine, part of a media blitz for their third full-length album, David Comes To Life.
That album – a massive-sounding punk rock opera that was ambitious even for them – is turning 10, and the band is celebrating with an anniversary tour in which they’ll play the whole thing in full. That includes two hometown shows at the Great Hall on February 4 and 5 – a benefit for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (tickets for night one are still available via Not Dead Yet).
For Those That Wish To Exist
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Architects songs look at the state of the world and commiserate in the shit with the rest of us. A majority of their 2012 LP ‘
Daybreaker’ was them grimly wallowing under capitalism, materialism, societal rot, religion, and ideological differences, but then it concludes on ‘
Unbeliever,’ the most lovely, spiritually uplifting song they’ve ever made. This approach, this vibe, is something that ‘
For Those That Wish To Exist,’ recorded during England’s first lockdown, replicates. It’s an important sentiment: addressing the depressed mood of the world currently and its ordinary citizens, telling us to not fear death, to truly live in the now, to learn our lesson, and to make real changes on a personal level. To fight for our collective metaphorical and literal survival. Otherwise, you might as well stop existing. Because the band want the world to endure; they want to live; to move p
Celebrating some awesome albums from 2011, ten years later
21.02.21 | Alex Sievers |
, and because we’re now slipping further and further head-first into 2021, here’s a loving look back at some proper gems a decade on from release. (
I’m only counting full-lengths, so Glassjaw’s ‘Coloring Book’ EP won’t be mentioned. Though you should listen to that EP whilst reading; that shit rips!) Now, let’s take a trip down memory lane!
Northlane – ‘Discoveries’
On their debut album,
Northlane became djent and prog-metalcore heroes almost overnight, being at the front of this new wave of heavy music alongside
Periphery,
Veil Of Maya and