David Comes To Life
- Fucked Up
- Summary: The Toronto seven-piece release a four-act narrative album, as theatrical as it is musical.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 33
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Mixed: 1 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Jun 8, 2011100They're also bracingly potent and screamingly vital; David Comes To Life is the work of a band openly aspiring to be great, and pulling it off.
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Jun 6, 2011100Fucked Up's grand ambition may one day be their downfall, but right now it has produced an intricate, rewarding beast of an album, their magnum opus.
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Jun 16, 201140Between the overlong, overstuffed songs and arrangements, ridiculous album concept and lyrical conceit, there's no room left for the vicious, hurtling energy that first impressed me on Hidden World's best songs.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 1 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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10Just listen Its great
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