I posted this a while back but now it’s embedabble so it’s worth a few more looks at least. Fucked Up perform their twelve minute new single ‘Year of the Ox’ with Annie-Claude Deschenes of Duchess Says and a lot of tape wrapped around foreheads. This is proper rock ‘n’ roll. The recorded version features Zola Jesus (really enjoying her Stridulum II album coming up) instead of Annie-Claude and can be heard below. It’s released properly in late September via Matador internationally and Merge in North America.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
