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MP3: Fucked Up – No Epiphany

Earlier this week, Jordon Chiarelli chatted with Fucked Up’s Pink Eyes:

1. What were your overall thoughts on Do They Know It’s Xmas?

I think it went really well, it was one of those weird things that had to come together at the real last minute and thankfully like, this is not a corporate plug, but, this guy at iTunes, by the name of Lane, was totally on board and helped me with getting the MP3 up. Normally there is like a 6 week lee-time or two month lee-time when you give a song to iTunes from when they put it up. He got it up in like 12 hours – 6 hours. Everyone, every artist involved who appears on the song was a dream to work with, like everyone went like above and beyond the call of duty. In retrospect, it really showed how willing people are to help when you kind of explain a cause to them and they all kind of agree with the cause. I also learned that managers are terrible, terrible people in some cases and management is just there to frustrate people trying to work with an artist. Not in the case of the people who appear on the record, those managers were good, but I found if I, normally if I could get right to the person and explain my cause to them, they were more than willing to help, but a lot of the time I would get stuck dealing with managers and get the run around. With the exception, Tegan & Sara’s manager was really helpful and unbelievable to work with, but a lot of the cases, there were a lot of people who were supposed to be on the record, but didn’t because their management was such a pain in the ass. It just frustrated me to no end.

2. How did your recent duet with Dinosaur Jr. come about?

One of those really weird things. J. Mascis came to see us a couple years ago in Texas (SXSW) and we hit it off, him and I. He and I just kept close and I know they have covered that song and I was like, “we should do ‘Chunks’ tonight, I want to do it, as a joke”. Because he is like a pretty funny guy. A lot of people think he’s like super, “Oh, he’s just a stoner, blah blah blah”. But he doesn’t, he’s pretty much straight edge, y’know, he’s a really funny guy. So we always just joke back and forth and he sent me, like he was like, “Yup, we’re going to do it in the encore. ‘Sludge’, then you”. And I’m like, “No way”. And then, sure enough, we did it and it was like so funny because the first concert I ever went to, like without my parents, like I went to see AC/DC with my stepfather. I went to see Rod Stewart with my mom. But the first concert I went to by myself, when I was like 13 was Dinosaur Jr. And here I was, seventeen years later. He gave me the last song y’know? I ruined everyone’s experience, like having a really shitty thing to eat after a really good meal.

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Our new guest blogger, Jordon Chiarelli, shares his thoughts on the album. If you’re like me, an avid collector of rare and obscure LPs and EPs, to the point of obsession (don’t get me started on seven inches), and a fan of the Canadian hardcore sextet, Fucked Up, then maybe you can empathize with how frustrating it is to be a follower of this band. Singles seem to come out of the Fucked Up woodwork and it can be virtually impossible to keep up with. Lucky enough for us consumers, the band is releasing their second collection of singles entitled Couple Tracks (to be unveiled on January 26 via Matador Records). There is a giant list of ‘must listens’ on this compilation including: ‘No Pasaran’ (their first single), ‘Neat Parts’, ‘Generation’, ‘Dangerous Fumes’, ‘Triumph Of Life’ and remixes of ‘No Epiphany’ and ‘Crooked Head’ (both of which appeared on their critically acclaimed sophomore release Chemistry Of Common Life). And that’s just the first disc! If you really like this band, you’ll appreciate how the collection spans their entire career (’02 – ’09) and incorporates their most impressive releases to date, while truly documenting their growth into a contemporary punk rock powerhouse.

Five stars, two thumbs up, whatever.

Visit Fucked Up on MySpace.

MP3: Fucked Up – No Epiphany

Congrats to The Chemistry Of Common Life!

View this year’s shortlist here.

Fucked Up will appear at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009.

Last year, Fucked Up dropped by Daytrotter.

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Their recent set featured:

Magic World
David Comes To Life
Crooked Head
No Epiphany

Download each & every track here.

Keep up to date on Fucked Up by reading their official blog.

MP3: Fucked Up – Year Of The Pig (Edit)

The Toronto based collective is back!

Year Of The Pig will see daylight on 7/22.

Further info can be found here.

Visit Fucked Up at their official site.

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