Toronto hardcore punk outfit Fucked Up have announced a B-sides and rarities album entitled Do All Words Can Do. Earlier in the year, the band announced a ten year anniversary 2xLP edition of David Comes To Life and a 2022 tour where the group will perform the acclaimed album in full. The tour will entail shows in the United States of America, Canada and the UK. Fucked Up will be supported by Empath and Fake Fruit on this upcoming tour.
New/old track alert. “Do All Words Can Do” out March 25 on @matadorrecords
stream the title track and get the pre-orderhttps://t.co/kWZzpxPVnahttps://t.co/8TQBzTi2yp— Fucked Up (@FUCKEDUP) November 17, 2021
Do All Words Can Do and the 10th-anniversary edition of David Comes To Life will be issued by Matador Records, who have had the band on their artist roster for thirteen years, having signed them in the Spring of 2008. Do All Words Can Do will be comprised of nine tracks taken from the David Comes To Life era, with the first track being a demo version of the emotive fan favourite “Queen of Hearts”. There are also some previously unheard tracks featured on the album, such as “What Would You Do” and “Octavio Made The Bomb”. You can listen to the title track here.
David Comes To Life is Fucked Up’s third full-length album, released originally on the 6th of June 2011. Whilst the band’s musical catalogue is hardcore punk at its core, they often branch out into different genres such as psychedelic rock and indie rock. In addition, their albums often follow narrative concepts, featuring a character named David Eliade. Guitarist Ben Cook has described David Comes To Life as being a “musical”; a fitting label given that the album runs for an impressive seventy-eight minutes across eighteen songs that detail a love story between David Eliade and a girl named Veronica.
Jonah Falco, Sandy Miranda and Josh Zucker recently discussed the writing and recording process of David Comes To Life on Matador Records’ Revisionist History podcast. You can listen to the episode here.
The 2xLP re-issue of David Comes To Life will be released on the 12th of December, and will pressed on “lightbulb yellow” vinyl. It can be pre-ordered here. What Words Can Do is set for release on the 25th of March 2022, and will be pressed on black vinyl. The album is also available to purchase via Matador Records. The tracklist can be viewed below.
1). “Queen of Hearts (Demo)”
2). “What Would You Do”
3). “Do All Words Can Do”
4). “Into The Light”
5). “Byrdsdale Garden City”
6). “What They Didn’t Know”
7). “The Truest Road”
8). “Remember Me”
9). “Octavio Made The Bomb”
Tickets for Fucked Up’s 2022 tour can be purchased here. Listed down below are the UK dates.
29/03/2022- The Joiners- Southampton
30/03- Scala- London
31/03- Metronome- Nottingham
01/04- Exchange- Bristol
02/04- District- Liverpool
03/04- Belgrave Music Hall- Leeds
04/04- Stereo- Glasgow
05/04- Gorilla- Manchester
06/04- Castle & Falcon- Birmingham
07/04- Grand Social- Dublin
Photo Credit: Daniel Boud/Press Release
