Hidden World finds a sort of perfect balance between musical ambition and staying true to the formula, dishing out scads of overdriven three-chord punk pleasers while adding the barest traces of a band with more omnivorous ears - Pitchfork
FUCKED UP’s second reissue for Get Better Records is cloaked in shades of unconventional aesthetics, symbolic overtones and a self-proclaimed “culture of confusion.” Hidden World, the band’s first full length studio album, marks a turning point for the mysterious Toronto band, transcending the boundaries of punk with melody, aggression, expansive structures and enigmatic diatribes on what lies underneath the immediate, visualized World. FUCKED UP combine confrontational ideologies with deliberate misinformation to produce a brutal analysis on thought provocative punk. In a word, FUCKED UP and Hidden World is dangerous and unpredictable in a time when punk has become a manufactured commodity. Owen Pallet (THE ARCADE FIRE, FINAL FANTASY) performs on several tracks. Produced by Jon Drew (TOKYO POLICE CLUB, MAGNETA LANE).
Tracklist:
1. Crusades
2. David Comes to Life
3. Invisible Leader
4. Carried Out to The Sea
5. Baiting The Public
6. Fate of Fates
7. The Two Snakes
8. Hidden World
9. Manqueller Man
10. Blaze of Glory
11. Triumph of Life
12. Jacobs Ladder
13. Vivian Girls
