On the Canadian MuchMusic channel, they air "recommended" videos within the normal flow of videos. Though I've been within cable since I left school for the summer, I was reunited with my love on vacation, where satellite was provided. The first recommended video I watched was "Queen of Hearts" by Fucked Up, a Canadian hardcore band that I knew a little bit about because of their association with Alexisonfire. I have one of their songs, "David Comes To Life" that I thought was fairly good, but is nothing compared to this epic (and the music video....get yourself to youtube and watch it NOW).
This is a love story intertwined with an industrial setting. Specifically speaking, it is between David, a man coming into a factory, and Veronica, one of the people greeting the newcomers. Who knew that half of a doomed story like this could be beautifully told by screaming, and signing (Veronica's half is sung by a wondrous Madeline Follin). Fucked Up understands the use of contrast in the hardcore genre, and makes a wonderful use of it. I've always been partial to songs like this that use a female vocalist.
No wonder "Queen of Hearts" is recommended. I see myself going out to buy their latest album, coincidentally called "David Comes To Life" as soon as I'm in the city again (as I have little faith in my small-town Wal-Mart, where I had trouble finding Amy Winehouse albums and essentially anything else that's not Top 40 material). So what are you doing there? MuchMusic told you, I told you....LISTEN NOW.
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