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On the A-side, this 7" contains the first single off the band's full-length debut. If you are somewhat familiar with Fucked Up’s output to this point, you might be taken a back by the length of the song (if you don't count/know their Looking for Gold 12" material). Clocking in at 6:02, for an average hardcore punk band this may seem like an eternity. Thankfully, these guys and girl aren’t your average breakdown-heavy moshcore band. The rhythm section helps move the song along at a medium fast pace throughout the whole six minutes that will have you wanting to slam, pogo and act a fool. Vocalist Pink Eyes barks out
On the A-side, this 7" contains the first single off the band's full-length debut. If you are somewhat familiar with Fucked Up’s output to this point, you might be taken a back by the length of the song (if you don't count/know their Looking for Gold 12" material). Clocking in at 6:02, for an average hardcore punk band this may seem like an eternity. Thankfully, these guys and girl aren’t your average breakdown-heavy moshcore band. The rhythm section helps move the song along at a medium fast pace throughout the whole six minutes that will have you wanting to slam, pogo and act a fool. Vocalist Pink Eyes barks out the lyrics like a drill sergeant, but you can actually understand him; he isn’t just an indiscernible bridge troll like some hardcore vocalists. While what the song actually means is a little hazy, the line "the war is like a symphony that rings through our lives / we dance together in a violence for a chance to survive" leads me to believe, in a way, this is telling of the strange sense of humour the band possesses. It was designed to be a kind of hardcore epic. When the song breaks down into the fist-pumping monotone chants of "triumph of life" and combines with the simple, instantly memorable guitar lines it reveals, perhaps, the true nature of the song: the monotonous cycle of life, violence and death set to a slam pit. While it took a bit to get into this song, it became very rewarding after repeated listens.
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Manufacturer: Peter Bower Records/Vice Records UK
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