David Comes To Life is the name of the already (seemingly) brilliantly bloated new album from Toronto Hardcore kids Fucked Up. In a recent interview with Pitchfork, Fucked Up front man Damian Abraham says the reported rock opera (set for release on Matador June 7) is “…about a guy, David, who works at a light bulb factory. He falls in love with this activist. She subsequently dies during an accident. You never really find out what the accident is because we couldn’t think of it [laughs]. Then David’s on trial. There’s this prosecutor who was secretly in love with the activist but is also aware that he’s in a play. Then it gets really heady and drugged-out.”
To further the declaration that they are absolutely fucking serious about this, the band is apparently planning a compilation set to release on Record Store Day (April 16) filled with all of the fake bands from the fake town where this fake story will take place. And, finally, over the weekend the band released this graphic on their blog, which more than likely includes the lyrics to the track “Do All Words Can Do,” as it sort of clearly indicates. But who knows? One would have to assume (as the graphic suggests) that’s the eponymous David pictured, sitting there, looking all life-like and stuff.
Expect things to get more bizarre and exponentially awesome as the release date for David Comes To Life grows closer.
