Rating: 68.75
Okay, so that's not their name, but I just wasn't comfortable posting that. It was a difficult-enough dilemma for this 51 year old father of a six year old girl to have an album with that on the cover. It's not that I haven't used the term more than I should have, it's just, well, you know...Anyway, the music won me over. FU presents a fascinating mix of \music that reminds me of the driving mid-70s Springsteen stuff (think Rosalita or Born to Run), overlaid with really angry, ranting vocals. I cannot unequivocally recommend this, but it is definitely worth a listen, especially of you're feeling a need to get your angst on.
The entire album is available for streaming at myspace. Just click here if you have a myspace account. If you don't, get one. The access to music, new and old, is unparalleled.
The album is presented as a Rock Opera: David has a humdrum life working at a light bulb factory, and finds an escape by falling in love with a communist rebel rouser, only to find out later that she has died in a terrorist bombing and that he has a lot of emotional turmoil to face.
Adding to the theatricality, the Toronto group's members all use pseudonyms, including Pink Eyes (aka Father Damien) on lead vocals, 10,000 Marbles on lead guitar, Concentration Camp on rhythm guitar, Mustard Gas on bass, and Mr. Jo (aka Guinea Beat) on drums, plus two guitarists who joined the band in 2006 and 200 respectively; Young Governor and Gulag.
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