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Known by bizarre aliases, the band employ creative methods of spreading information & misinformation, spurning MySpace and a band website in favour of Wikipedia and an oblique blog. Basic facts are constantly in flux. Some things have become clear during the course of the band's early existence. Their musical influences are varied and deep: singer Pink Eyes' record collection is one of the more noteworthy assemblages of independent vinyl in Canada. The band has a deep affection for twee English pop, while the live shows are theatrical events. Their new album, "The Chemistry Of Common Life", is an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to seventy tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals, (including eighteen guitars on the first single, the fatalistic "No Epiphany"), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' vocals front and centre. Guest musicians, of course, abound, notably gorgeous female voices such as Brooklyn's Vivian Girls and Toronto's Katie Stelmanis. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart, they have created a great, weird, heavy record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart.