On their excellent, highly listenable “rock opera” David Comes To Life, Fucked Up continue to expand and add layers while remaining true to their original core. Outside the sound, I like that since their beginning they’ve meshed fact, myth, and quasi-fiction into an overall conceptual arc — see, for instance, the previous “David” songs/titles and this 2007 interview I did with 10,000 Marbles where he pretended he worked a light bulb factory, the job “David” has on the new record. Or just take a listen to the fourth and final pre-release single “Queen Of Hearts.”

Fucked Up – “Queen Of Hearts”

David Comes To Life is out 6/7 via Matador. Catch them live. As mentioned in the past, and as you’ve likely noticed, Pink Eyes is sort of like the kind-hearted, family-friendly GG Allin. Here:

06/04 – Houston, TX @ Free Press Summer Fest
06/05 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Chaos in Tejas)
06/23 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
06/24 – Boston, MA @ Royale †
06/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church †
06/27 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel †
06/28 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade †
06/29 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl †
06/30 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In †
07/01 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird †
07/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall †
07/03 – London, ON @ Call the Office
07/31 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival

* w/ Dinosaur Jr. and OFF!
† w/ JEFF the Brotherhood