1MM: Fuck Buttons @ Mercury Lounge, 5.6.08

Okay, it’s official: “Sweet Love For Planet Earth” is one hell of a candidate for song of the year. A whirlpool of drone-on distortion and cutting, cathartic vocals (the line “will we evolve?”–at least we think that’s what Benjamin John Power’s screaming–is a frightening call to arms), it’s easily the best thing Fuck Button‘s done in their short time together. It’s also a fitting opening to the duo’s face-melting set, which didn’t change much between South by Southwest and last night’s Mercury Lounge show. Not that we cared with songs that are this full of life. Photos after the jump …