If the members of Fucked Up hadn't each already earned themselves the "workhorse" designation before, the group's latest endeavour is sure to prove it: they're currently livestreaming a studio session in which they'll attempt to write, record, mix and release an entire album in the span of 24 hours.
UPDATE (8/7, 2:00 p.m. ET): Well folks, they did it. Who's Got the Time and a Half?, an 11-track Fucked Up album written and recorded at Toronto's Union Sound in just 24 hours, is now available on Bandcamp — but only for the next 24 hours, obviously. Listen while you can!
As of 1 p.m. ET today, the Toronto collective have been in the studio and streaming live via YouTube and their Instagram account as they attempt to make an entire body of work from scratch and release it by that time tomorrow (August 7). Infamously, the bedrock of Fucked Up's most recent album, 2023's One Day, was indeed written and recorded in three eight-hour sessions. (Its direct successor, Another Day, is out Friday).
And we'd be remiss not to mention another way in which this is not the band's first rodeo, as they embarked on a similar mission all the way back in 2008. Then, they performed a free 12-hour concert at New York City's Rogan store supporting the release of their watershed The Chemistry of Common Life, which celebrated its 15th anniversary last year. Today's stunt likewise marks the first time in 15 years that all five band members have been in the studio together simultaneously, so who knows what to expect!
Tune in below to see if Fucked Up can pull it off.