David Comes to Life

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All Music Guide - Jason Lymangrover
Taking the idea of a concept album to the next level, the always prolific Fucked Up went the distance for David Comes to Life. Leading up to this 78-minute double album, they released four 7" singles (packaged with eight unreleased songs related to the story), and a compilation record titled David's Town, for which guest artists accompanied the Canadian punks as they pretended to be various fictional Brit-pop bands. This concept was a long time coming, and after writing a few songs about the main character David Eliade on previous singles "David Christmas" and "David's Plan," the band fleshed out a full story line from his perspective. In the fictional town of ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Jason Lymangrover
Taking the idea of a concept album to the next level, the always prolific Fucked Up went the distance for David Comes to Life. Leading up to this 78-minute double album, they released four 7" singles (packaged with eight unreleased songs related to the story), and a compilation record titled David's Town, for which guest artists accompanied the Canadian punks as they pretended to be various fictional Brit-pop bands. This concept was a long time coming, and after writing a few songs about the main character David Eliade on previous singles "David Christmas" and "David's Plan," the band fleshed out a full story line from his perspective. In the fictional town of Byrdesdale Spa UK, David has a humdrum life working at a light bulb factory, and finds an escape by falling in love with a communist rebel rouser, only to find out later that she has died in a terrorist bombing and that he has a lot of emotional turmoil to face. Of course, like all good Who, ELO, and Kinks rock operas, the plot becomes convoluted, even if you are able to decipher the words. Pink Eyes' forceful, monotone, bulldog growl makes this especially difficult. Still, even if you can only pick apart specific lyrical fragments, the themes work on a universal scale as well as they do in a literal context. And up against these brick-house arrangements, the script is just an added bonus. The playing is versatile and volatile, with new member Young Governor (Ben Cook) adding to the wall of distortion created by fellow guitarists Gulag (Josh Zucker), and 10,000 Marbles (Mike Haliechek.) Guest backing vocalists Kurt Vile, Jennifer Castle, and Madeline Follin give the songs a hint of melody, but otherwise, David Comes to Life is the musical equivalent of a bullhorn and a blender, and all the more awesome for it. The 18 songs on the album are all in the heavily layered, chamber-hardcore style established on Chemistry of Common Life, but Fucked Up is taking the idea to the furthest reaches, and somehow pulling it off.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/7/2011
  • Label: Matador Records
  • UPC: 744861095224
  • Catalog Number: 10952
  • Sales rank: 40,244

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Let Her Rest (3:22)
  2. 2 Queen of Hearts (4:36)
  3. 3 Under My Nose (3:28)
  4. 4 The Other Shoe (4:56)
  5. 5 Turn the Season (4:01)
  6. 6 Running On Nothing (4:46)
  7. 7 Remember My Name (5:09)
  8. 8 A Slanted Tone (3:39)
  9. 9 Serve Me Right (3:48)
  10. 10 Truth I Know (4:33)
  11. 11 Life In Paper (4:38)
  12. 12 Ship of Fools (4:01)
  13. 13 A Little Death (4:35)
  14. 14 I Was There (3:18)
  15. 15 Inside a Frame (4:17)
  16. 16 The Recursive Girl (3:34)
  17. 17 One More Night (5:36)
  18. 18 Lights Go Up (5:29)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Fucked Up Primary Artist
000 Marbles 10 Guitar, Group Member
Pink Eyes Vocals, Group Member
Mustard Gas Bass Guitar, Group Member
Mr. Jo Organ, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass Guitar, Group Member
Kurt Vile Vocals
Young Governor Guitar, Background Vocals, Group Member
Jennifer Castle Vocals, Background Vocals
Gulag Guitar, Group Member
Technical Credits
Jeff McMurrich Engineer
Frank Longo Artwork, Layout
Emily Lazar Mastering
Shane Stoneback Producer, Engineer
Brian Kelly Layout
Lorne Hounsell Engineer
Joe LaPorta Mastering
000 Marbles 10 Composer, Producer, Layout
Fucked Up Composer
Pink Eyes Composer
Mustard Gas Cover Photo, Layout, Back Cover Photo
Mr. Jo Composer
Gulag Layout
Dan Gallo Layout
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