Fucked Up Snag Polaris Prize

Canadian honor, plus check for 20 large

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Pitchfork is reporting that Pink Eyes and the rest of the Fucked Up crew have won the Polaris Music Prize and the $20,000 that comes with it. The band wasn't expect a W, they were just happy about the free Ipod, and from what I've been reading it has apparently shocked a few around the web, as well. Did they not listen to The Chemistry of Common Life (the album they won for)? That record is like a hardcore epiphany, "What? We can also be melodic?" Congrats, guys!

Also, in case you were wondering, they were up against Metric, Great Lakes Swimmers, and Malajube.

Words by Colin McLaughlin

Published on melophobe September 22, 2009.

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