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Now, aficionado of the hardcore genre I am not, and in fact my only real dalliances with the genre are with accessible artists such as Gallows, and slightly more credible ones like Poison The Well and The Bronx. And ... well, hardcore is hardcore, except here.

Like Metallica start both Ride The Lightning andMaster Of Puppets, so do F**ked (pesky censure) Up, with a folky, quiet, tension-growing section before cracking into the more expected (controlled) shouting and juggernaut guitars, but there is flute-based! Where F**ked Up deviate from their peers is that this plucked (plucky?), folky elementmore… is present throughout, as is a conscious level of progressive style.

The greatest shame is the album does not include a version of `Year of the Pig', their 18-minute part-folk, part-prog, entirely hardcore masterpiece, not even the 4-minute version available on Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 2007 is made available. But this gives reasonable impetus to buying that as well, so wise marketing, and one for the collectors I'd say.

The album definitely works best as a ensemble and as such I shan't single out any track for note, except perhaps to note that an 18-minute opus would have upset this collective balance, and perhaps, truth be told, the 4-minute condensation doesn't cut the necessary mustard.

In Pink Eyes the band surely have one of the most enigmatic of front man, particularly live, when he resembles a mildly saner Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav, with whom comparison can certainly be made.

This is a breathless odyssey and rich in deviation from a dusty template, and serves well as a crossover album, which should endear them in sales but whether it is quite hard enough for hardcore fans may be an issue for hot debate.

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Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (2008) Retail CD

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