David Comes To Life (Matador Revisionist History Edition)＜Light Bulb Yellow Vinyl/限定盤＞

Matador再発シリーズ〈Revisionist History〉第8弾!
トロント・ハードコア・パンクの雄 Fucked Up 大傑作3rdが発売10周年を記念してカラー盤リイシュー!!

トロントのハードコア・パンク・シーンを代表する男女混合5人組バンドFucked Upによる大作3rdアルバムにしてテン年代マスターピースがカラー盤リイシュー!!
ブレイクを果たした『The Chemistry Of Common Life』に続いて発表された本作は70年代後半のイギリスの工業都市を舞台に電球工場で働く青年の人生における絶望と狂気、そして再起を描いた全18曲におよぶコンセプト・アルバム。
3本の轟音ギター・シンフォニーとともに爆裂疾走するバンド・サウンドと巨漢フロントマンPink EyesことDamian Abrahamによるハードコア・シャウトとメロディアスなSandy Mirandaのヴォーカルのコントラストで80分間ひたすらリスナーのエモーションを沸点へと導く1枚で、さまざまな媒体で2011年年間ベスト・アルバムに取り上げられた。
今回発売10周年を記念して、当時のハードコア・パンクの概念を覆した大傑作が初のカラー・ヴァイナルとして再発される。

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. ~ Jason Lymangrover

SPIN誌が2011年の年間ベスト・アルバムに選出した、カナダ発のハードコア・バンドによる3作目がついに日本盤化! ダミアン・アブラハムの咆哮とコントラストを描く女性ヴォーカル、高らかに鳴り響くトリプル・ギターが、グループのさらなる進化を感じさせる。トータル78分、ソニック・ユースとブラック・フラッグとホークウィンドが轟音でシンフォニーを奏でているかのような大作だ。
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