Fucked Up details new album, tour dates

By Alex Young on August 7th, 2008

Hot off their celebration of the Year of the Pig, Fucked Up has announced details of their newest full-length effort. Entitled The Chemistry of Common Life, the eleven track album, which features guest appearances by Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls and Toronto’s Katie Stelmanis, will be released on October 7 via Matador Records.

The record synthesizes their numerous musical directions into an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore riffage with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals, (including 18 guitars on the first single, the fatalistic “No Epiphany”), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes’ vocals front and center.

Though based on Fucked Up’s wikipedia entry you wouldn’t think it, The Chemistry of Common Life marks only the band’s second studio album. In support of the occasion, the Toronto natives have also announced dates for a short North American tour stint.

The album can be pre-order here. You can read the band’s recent musings here.

The Chemistry of Common Life Tracklist:
01. Son The Father
02. Magic Word
03. Golden Seal
04. Days Of Last
05. Crooked Head
06. No Epiphany
07. Black Albino Bones
08. Royal Swan
09. Twice Born
10. Looking For God
11. The Chemistry Of Common Life

Check Out:
“No Epiphany”
“Year of the Pig” (7″ US / US Edit)

Fucked Up 2008 Tour Dates:
08/17 - Lelystad, Holland @ Lowlands Festival
08/20 - Belfast, Ireland @ Limelight
08/21 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelans
08/22 - Gent, Belgium @ Ieper Fest
08/23 - Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
08/24 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fuck Yeah Fest
08/31 - Berkley, CA @ 924 Gilman ^
09/01 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern ^
09/04 - Olympia, WA @ Eagles Hall ^
09/05 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project ^
09/06 - Portland, OR @ Music Fest NW
09/07 - Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards ^
10/11 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa
10/12 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
10/13 - Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre *
10/15 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
10/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel *
10/17 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar *
10/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary *
10/19 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *
10/20 - Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
10/21 - St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird
10/22 - Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
10/23 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
10/24 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
10/25 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place