Fucked Up: Year of the Rooster

Fucked Up crests their biggest hill to date to deliver Year of the Rooster, the third and final chapter in the immense Grass Can Move Stones trilogy. This work has unfolded into a narrative masterstroke of neoclassical storytelling, carrying elegantly the musical finale of twenty bold years of songwriting cultivated by Fucked Up.

To conclude the journey of Grass Can Move Stones is no easy feat. The deep yearning of Monkey to discover his true self has constantly been met by cosmic terror and existential turmoil. Monkey and Good Goat now begin this final chapter in a primordial realm at the beginning of creation, courted by an ornate army of ageless Roosters who can visualise the universe in all stages of history through a looking glass known as the River of Time. They — and you — are about to be rocketed through a never-ending battlefield of dimension-bending warfare and discovery. At long last the story approaches the truths it hints at throughout, delivering more than just a new universe to let the imagination bloom inside. Rooster offers a simple and touching message of humility and dedication in the face of what seems like an otherwise insurmountable existence.

Helmed vocally as always by Tuka Mohammed and Damian Abraham, Year of the Rooster boasts a deep cast of performers. In an unprecedented generational crossover, the record features a duet between Circle Jerks/Black Flag's Keith Morris and twee pop's Debsey Wykes of the Dolly Mixture. Warthog's Chris Hansell and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore duel as spies of the underworld, with John Brannon (Negative Approach) delivering a vicious turn as Jade Monkey. Poison Ruin's Mac Kennedy and Home Front's Graeme Mackinnon, Charlie Manning Walker (Chubby and the Gang, The Chisel), Isla Craig, Annie-Claude Deschênes, Carson McHone, Canadian Opera Singer Amy Gottung, cinema's Julian Richings, Hidden World's Heidi Hazelton, and Candy frontman Zak Quiram all appear.

The referential nature of the songwriting on Grass Can Move Stones becomes clearest on Year of the Rooster, with new adaptations of Fucked Up's catalogue written into its bedrock. Guitar harmonies of Thin Lizzy, the vocal stacks of ELO and Queen, both grinding against the dark intensity of Ulver, the sharpened teeth of South of Heaven-era Slayer, baggy groove-laden acoustic passages, hammering sludge, tuneful danceable indie, and the shimmering beauty of Fucked Up's multiplicitous guitar worlds.

Marking the end of Fucked Up's Zodiac Cycle — which began with Year of the Dog twenty years ago in 2006 — Year of the Rooster releases in full on November 13, 2026.

2xLP includes 20-page 6"×8" full-colour booklet and download card.

Pre-order: Expected to ship the week of November 13, 2026. All items are mockups and final product may vary slightly.