Provincial tour brings southern Ontario band to Newmarket … twice

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Provincial tour brings southern Ontario band to Newmarket … twice – New Market Today

by ahnationtalk on April 25, 202411 Views

Apr 25, 2024

G.F.U., who will be releasing another three-song EP this month, will perform at The Lion and The OV

It’s a proud tradition for punk bands to pay tribute to the absolute disaster area they live in. Fear did it with I Love Livin’ in the City, and Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom followed suit with New York, New York. To that list, add the York Region quartet G.F.U., who immortalize their life of filth on Rats, the latest track pulled from their 2023 four-song debut ep, Grand Slam.

Over a classic amphetamine rhythm and guitar riffs Cheetah Chrome might envy, the band peel off an anthem to a neighbourhood where the garbage is piled as high as your knees and “the stink is rising high.” (It probably has something to do with those “fishbones in the trash can.”) And, of course, there’s that titular infestation they chant about on the chorus, with all the nihilistic bravado of a young Black Flag: