Looking For Gold

TOP TEN

Hey so stereogum posted a list of the top-ever FU songs HERE. It is cool that they did that and we feel #blessed. Here just for the record is my (D. Eliade) top favs, which is essentially the definitive list:

1) Baiting the Public
2) Year of the Rat
3) Police
4) The Chemistry of Common Life
5) Last Man Standing (soldano mix)
6) Looking for Gold
7) Triumph of Life
8) Teenage Problems
9) Royal Swan
10) Son the Father

Here is what I'm guessing damians is:

1) Year of the Dragon
2) Toronto FC
3) Generation
4) Mustaa Lunta
5) Son the Father
6) DET
7) Police
8) Hidden World
9) Ban Violins
10) My old Man's a Ginger

SUN GLASS

INTERVIEW FAQ

Hey everyone, it's new record season over here at FUHQ which means more INTERVIEWS. we take interviews from everyone, big press, small zines, feel free to get in touch if you want to talk to us, for an interview or anything else. For those of you working at magazines/blogs who want to avoid boilerplate, here is a handy FAQ we can just get out of the way so you don't have to rely on these q's;

ARE YOU EXCITED FOR YOUR NEW RECORD AND TO COME TO (name of city) ON TOUR?
yes
YOUR LAST RECORD WAS A BIG SUCCESS. HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
happy
YOUR LAST RECORD WAS ALSO FAIRLY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED. DID THAT PUT PRESSURE ON YOU FOR THE NEW RECORD?
no
THIS NEW RECORD ISN'T A CONCEPT RECORD.
that isnt a question
WHY ISN'T THIS RECORD A CONCEPT RECORD?
we did a concept record last time.
DID YOU FEEL PRESSURE TO MAKE A CONCEPT RECORD, SINCE YOU DID THAT LAST TIME?
no
DID YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF THIS RECORD?
no, it isn't really a concept record
WHAT IS THIS RECORD ABOUT?
it's mostly about growing up in a band, and the challenges you face as a person and an artist and the things you deal with along the way.
WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS A PERSONAL RECORD?
yes
WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS YOUR MOST PERSONAL RECORD EVER?
probably yes
IS THE TITLE "GLASS BOYS" A REFERENCE TO THE STRONG FACADE YOU MUST PUT ON AS A GROWING ADULT, IN THE FACE OF THE INEVITABLE INTERNAL FRAGILITY YOU DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF THIS GROWTH?
yes, to paraphrase.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD SPECIAL GUESTS ON YOUR RECORDS. WILL THERE BE SPECIAL GUESTS ON THIS RECORD AS WELL?
yes
WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS IN THE STUDIO?
we write all the songs in a month or two over a summer, sit on them for about a year and then take another year to slowly record them.
YOU HAVE THREE GUITAR PLAYERS IN YOUR BAND. ISN'T THAT WEIRD? DO YOU FIND THAT CHALLENGING?
no
THIS RECORD ALSO HAS 2 DRUM TRACKS. WHAT IS THE DEAL?
we felt that these new songs are a bit groovier than some of our stuff, and could work at different tempos so we decided to record them at both tempos. you will be able to buy the half-tempo record as part of a delux package.
WHATS THE HARDCORE SCENE LIKE IN CANADA?
great
YOU GUYS ARE ON MATADOR RECORDS. THAT MUST BE CRAZY?
ok
DO YOU GUYS TRY TO STRETCH THE BOUNDARIES OF PUNK AND HARDCORE?
no that's just something people in the press say.
DO YOU FEEL THAT DAMIANS HARSH VOCALS ARE AT ODDS WITH YOUR INCREASINGLY MELODIOUS MUSIC?
no we think that's one of the special things about the band
DO YOU EVER RUN INTO TROUBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR BAND NAME?
yes
WHY DID YOU PICK THAT NAME?
its personal
YOU RECENTLY CAME OUT OF A LONG HIATUS. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
we didnt really go on a hiatus, we just stepped back for a split second.
DESCRIBE THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF FORMING AND PLAYING SHOWS THAT LED UP TO THE POINT OF THIS RECORD BEING RELEASED?
no
YOU ALSO JUST RELEASED 'YEAR OF THE DRAGON'. DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY YEAR OF THE SNAKE CURRENTLY?
yes we are late
YEAR OF THE DRAGON IS 18 MINUTES LONG. DO YOU PURPOSELY TRY AND WRITE LONG SONGS FOR YOUR ZODIAC SERIES?
yes
IS YOUR ZODIAC 12" SERIES AN ATTEMPT TO STRETCH THE BOUNDARIES OF PUNK AND HARDCORE?
no
WHATS MAYBE THE CRAZIEST THING THATS EVER HAPPENED AT A FUCKED UP SHOW?
you already asked me that
YOU GUYS PUT OUT A LOT OF 7"'S AND SINGLES. WHATS THAT LIKE?
fun
DOES DAMIAN SMOKE WEED?
yes
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?
like pushing the boundaries of punk and hardcore
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF FUCKED UP HOLD?
probably more records and shows
DID YOU STEAL THE HEADER PICTURE FOR THIS POST FROM BUZZFEED?
yes
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
no

UK

MANCHESTER TICKETS NEWCASTLE TICKETS LEEDS TICKETS LONDON TICKETS

GLASS BOYS

Hey we are pleased to announce our new record, GLASS BOYS, is coming out June 3rd on Matador and Arts and Crafts. We wrote all the songs 2 summers ago and have been recording it since last April. It has tons of drums and 10 songs. That's the first single above, called Paper the House. It isn't really an official video or anything, but that's footage from when we played a bunch of new songs at Long Winter a few weeks ago.

We're gonna be playing some shows thru the summer to get this all going, hope to see you there.

April 19 Oakland @ Tankcrimes Brainsqueeze
April 27 St John's Newfoundland @ LAwnya Vawnya
June 6 New York @ Bowery Ballroom
June 8 Toronto @ Field Trip Festival

June 13 Switzerland @ BSIDES Festival
June 14 Belgium Brussels @ Salle Rogier TICKETS
June 15 Manchester @ Gorilla TICKETS
June 16 Newcastle @ The Cluny TICKETS
June 17 Leeds @ Belgrave TICKETS
June 18 London @ Koko TICKETS
June 19 Paris @ Point Ephemere TICKETS
June 20 Germany @ Hurricane Festival
June 21 Germany @ Southside Festival
June 22 Holland @ Best Kept Secret Festival
All UK dates with LOWER

Aug 9 Montreal @ Heavy Montreal

UPDATES

WOAH hey lots of stuff to update, even though I know really no one reads this anymore because you are all on tumblr or whatever.

We're going to Austin for SXSW for the first time in a few years. Here is what it looks like:

Thursday March 13
Stereogum day party at The Mohawk
FUCKED UP (2pm)
CLOUD NOTHINGS
SPEEDY ORTIZ
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
EMA
PERFECT PUSSY
MUTUAL BENEFIT
+also more bands

Thursday March 13
Converse x Thrasher day party at the Scoot Inn (outdoor)
TYLER THE CREATOR
FUCKED UP (4pm)
RATKING
RYAN HEMSWORTH
+even more bands than that

Thursday March 13
Pitchfork day party at The French Legation Museum
FUCKED UP (6pm)
LUNICE
MUTUAL BENEFIT
CLASSIX
FUTURE ISLAND
EAGULLS
+a million bands I've never heard of, and I'm a hipster

Friday March 14
Blundertown/Altamont at the Empire Control Room
Noon-6pm, 21+ rsvp to austinpartyweekend.com
FUCKED UP (5pm)
POWER TRIP
DESTRUCTION UNIT
CEREBRAL BALZY
CHERRY GLAZERR
ect

Also - check out this INSANEly great discography page that our friend GILES from ENGLAND is working on. It's a work in progress so that's why some later release aren't up there yet (and for other reasons). Anyways go HERE and bask in the limitedness and help him out with info if he's missing anything.

Also check out how we are coming to NEWFOUNDLAND finally after 13 years:

ALSO CHECK out how Damian met whichever of the RAMONES this is (Donny Ramone I think):

A BEINTO REGARDEZ LE ARTE DES CURATION PARA TODOS HIDDEN WORLD A "BRIAN WALSBYE":

YEAR OF THE DRAGON is finally done and ready to pre-order from TANK CRIMES HERE. Sorry it's so late, but as consolation, we've already finished recording YEAR OF THE HARE and it's a burner too, so that should come out maybe next fall? Which will make us only like 3 years still behind or something, but whatever. Check out how sick the art is:

It comes out April 15th, and on April 19th, we'll be playing in Oakland to celebrate and Tank Crimes Brain Squeeze. Anyone wanna take us to Manresa after?