Keith Morris and Debsey Wykes perform a duet as 1000 Year Old Monkey and 1000 Year Old Goat on FUCKED UP’s Year Of The Rooster. Due November 13, 2026, through Tankcrimes, the release places an extensive guest cast alongside lead vocalists Tuka Mohammed and Damian Abraham for the third and final chapter of the Grass Can Move Stones trilogy.
The record also concludes FUCKED UP’s Zodiac Cycle, which began with Year Of The Dog in autumn 2006. Its final narrative follows Monkey’s search for his true self, bringing Monkey and Good Goat to a primordial realm at the beginning of creation. There, an army of ageless Roosters can observe the universe throughout history through a looking glass called “The River Of Time.” The announcement describes the story’s themes as humility and dedication in the face of an apparently insurmountable existence.
Morris, associated with Circle Jerks and Black Flag, joins Dolly Mixture’s Wykes for passages of mellow balladry. Elsewhere, Warthog’s Chris Hansell and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore portray the underworld spies Mr. Eye and Mr. Time, serving Jade Monkey, performed by Negative Approach’s John Brannon.
Poison Ruin’s Mac Kennedy and Home Front’s Graeme Mackinnon appear as Perceval and Young Prince Grin, characters summoned from the universe of FUCKED UP’s Year Of The Horse to fight again. Charlie Manning Walker, of Chubby And The Gang and The Chisel, takes the role of General Rooster, an officer in an ethereal army traveling through time.
Returning performers Isla Craig, Annie-Claude Deschênes and Carson McHone play Hare, Tiger and Ox, respectively. The narrators include Canadian opera singer Amy Gottung, actor Julian Richings, Hidden World vocalist Heidi Hazelton and Candy frontman Zak Quiram.
The musical connections extend into FUCKED UP’s own catalog. The announcement identifies adaptations and recurring themes from Hidden World and The Chemistry Of Common Life, placed in new contexts within the concluding chapter. Its description of the arrangements references Thin Lizzy guitar harmonies, ELO and Queen vocal layers, Ulver’s darker intensity and South Of Heaven-era Slayer, alongside acoustic grooves, sludge and danceable indie passages.
Year Of The Rooster will be available digitally and as a double LP. Physical and digital preorders have been announced. The vinyl editions comprise Tankcrimes-exclusive “Algae” marbled vinyl limited to 200 copies, splattered vinyl limited to 300, FUCKED UP-exclusive gold vinyl limited to 500, and a retail-exclusive edition limited to 1,000, with its vinyl variant still to be announced.
- Clear Is The Mirror
- Havoc In Heaven
- Grass Can Move Stones
- Calming Winds And Waves
