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Is Fucked Up the conclusion you come to every time you Think About Life? Or do you shrug it all off and decide, eh, Love Is All? Either way, what you need is some delicious vinyl, bro! And NYC imprint What's Your Rupture has you covered.

The upstart label, having already dished out stylus-satisfying releases from the Long Blondes and Love Is All (and a choice comp), will soon serve up several more turntable-ready platters, and even one digital compact disc (wowee!).

First up, on July 31, What's Your Rupture drops a new 12" EP from notorious Canadian shit-starters Fucked Up. Titled Year of the Pig, the release somehow manages to combine Chinese Zodiac occultism with an indictment of sexism and violence in our culture. Fucked Up plan to have advance copies of Year of the Pig available on their tour, which kicks off tonight (June 20) in Cleveland and is sure to involve much blood and bodily harm.

That same day, WYR will unleash the latest release from Michigan rockers Tyvek. Titled Summer Burns, it spans four tracks and two 7" records. Tyvek also have the distinction of being the only band on a July 21 Brooklyn Southpaw bill you can tell your mom about (the others being Fucked Up and Pissed Jeans; a pity Anal Cunt aren't in town that night as well).

Next up, WYR delivers a four-track CDEP from our brothers up north in Think About Life. The as-yet-untitled release arrives September 11, and was recorded in Montreal with David Bryant of Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Finally, September 25 marks the release of a 7" from indie vets Comet Gain. This one features "Love Without Lies" on the A and "Books of California" on the B, and will precede a What's Your Rupture-stamped compilation of Comet Gain material culled from just after the band's 1997 lineup overhaul. That's tentatively due in October.

Fucked Up 12":

01 Year of the Pig
02 The Black Hats

Tyvek 2x7":

01 Needles Drop
02 Frustration Rock
03 Give It Up
04 Air Conditioner

Comet Gain 7":

01 Love Without Lies
02 Books of California

Think About Life EP:

01 CYANIDE (Cough Cough Cough)
02 Devil Is King
03 Going Deaf in the Summer
04 Sea-King Take-Off (Let's Get Some Hot Dogs Boys)

Fucked Up dates:

06-20 Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
06-21 Pittsburgh, PA - Lawrenceville Moose
06-22 Brooklyn, NY - 538 Johnson Avenue
06-23 Richmond, VA - Citizens Against Crime Warehouse
06-24 Nashville, TN - The Muse
06-25 New Orleans, LA - McWilliams Hall at Tulane University
06-26 Austin, TX - Emo's
06-27 Las Cruces, NM - The Farm
06-28 Phoenix, AZ - The Phix
06-29 Los Angeles, CA - 1269 E. 6th
06-30 Berkeley, CA - 924 Gillman
07-01 Long Beach, CA - TBA
07-02 Tijuana, Mexico - Salon Fiesta
07-03 Los Angeles, CA - TBA
07-04 San Francisco, CA - TBA
07-05 Portland, OR - TBA
07-06 Olympia, WA - Manium
07-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Ukranian Cultural Center
07-08 Edmonton, Alberta - Teddy's
07-09 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange
07-10 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Collective Cabaret
07-11 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
07-12 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
07-13 Cedar Falls, IA - The Boathouse
07-14 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
07-15 St. Louis, MO - TBA
07-16 Chamblee, GA - The Shop
07-17 Virginia Beach, VA - TBA
07-18 Washington, DC - 1017 7th Street NW
07-19 Philadelphia, PA - TBA *
07-20 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
07-21 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw #
09-08-09 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival

* with Battles
# with Pissed Jeans, Tyvek