5.
Fucked Up
David Comes to Life
Key Track: Queen of Hearts”
A hardcore punk album intended for a stadium-sized audience, David Comes to Life somehow managed to out-ambition Fucked Up’s last great album, The Chemistry of Common Life. Rather than play it safe, Damian Abraham & the gang went even bigger: it’s a four-act, 18-song, 78-minute punk opera about a factory worker named David who may or may not have killed his true love. Every track (chapter?) pummels you with dense sonic layers from the group’s three anthemic guitarists, and Abraham’s cathartic growls sound equal parts angry and regretful; it’s brutal in the most passionate way possible.
Good album but his vocals are super thin. He barely gets away with being a singer. Honey Bunny is an awesome tune followed by some other solid rocking, (for a change) numbers. My biggest gripe is that My Ma is a complete 100% rip off of Factory by Band of Horses. It is uncannily similar.
here’s some less narcissistic bands
Vulture Shit – http://vultureshit.bandcamp.com/
Robot Death Kites – http://robotdeathkites.bandcamp.com/
nursing home – http://nursinghome.bandcamp.com/