FUCKED UP Year of The Pig [EP]
[MATADOR]
Rating: 7 (out of 10)
PUNK ROCK SQUEAL: It's quite a feat when a group of deviant punk misfits from Toronto are able to penetrate the mainstream with their raucous hardcore anthems. Last year's critical success, Hidden World, has made Fucked Up the band on everybody's lips. To tide us over until their sophomore Matador full-length The Chemistry of Common Life, the group has packaged together their massive 18 minute plus anthem "Year of The Pig" along with its US, UK and Japanese edits, and three additional cuts. As the first eerie organ chords of the pivotal title track kicks in and a diaphanous female voice begins cooing, one might think for a split second they've put on the wrong record. That is, until the singer's thunderous roar cuts through the mounting tension like a butcher knife. "Pigs at the trough getting fat," he howls, "surfeit for the beast turning tricks for a feast." The song might start out pretty with its delicate female vocals and medieval organ chords - but it quickly turns ugly due to some seriously grotesque subject matter. While its clear that Fucked Up would like to terminate the meat packing industry, "Year of The Pig" is also a bitter diatribe against the cruel handling of sex workers in Canada, who are treated no better than squealing pigs waiting to be slaughtered. ~ Carolyn Brennan
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