Reduci dalla definitiva consacrazione ottenuta con la release del capolavoro "David Comes To Life", la formazione canadese rimette mano alla sua esplorazione dello zodiaco cinese, questa volta dedicandosi all'"anno della tigre".
Diviso in due lunghi brani, questo 12" deluderà in parte le attese di quanti erano caduti ai piedi della rock-opera dedicata alle gesta dell'operaio David, un po' perché i Fucked Up, pur continuando nel solco del disco precedente, non evitano di cadere nel tranello della verbosità, e un po' perché il secondo brano, "ONNO", con il suo volo dronico in odore di space-rock, si risolve in un nulla di fatto…
Più interessante, la title track è invece una riedizione amplificata dell'epos post-hardcore, a metà strada tra Hüsker Dü e Who, del suddetto capolavoro. Un brano, quest'ultimo, arricchito dalle austere recitazioni di Jim Jarmusch e dalle voce di Annie-Claude Deschênes dei conterranei Duchess Says e di Katie Stelmanis degli Austra.
Solo per i sostenitori ad oltranza di Damian Abraham & co.
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27/02/2012
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Francesco Nunziata, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
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- 1. Year Of The Tiger
- 2. ONNO
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Year Of The Pig
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David Comes To Life
The Canadian sextet's capital rock opera, a perfect blend of stream of consciousness and pop songcraft
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Year of the Dragon
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Glass Boys
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Year of the Hare
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Dose Your Dreams
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Do All Words Can Do
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One Day
Conceived and written in just twenty-four hours, the Canadian band's most concise and least convincing record
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Year Of The Horse
Four lengthy symphonies, a chimerical blend of different styles, in yet another great work from the Canadian sextet
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