Yes, that's how the Brits refer to cursive handwriting. What does it have to do with anything? Well, not much. Except that I'd like to discuss the band Cursive for a moment. That is my idea of a transition; a segway [sp]. You know, like the personal transportation device featured on Arrested Development.
Hmm. If you get a chance, and you haven't yet already, check out Cursive. Their new album is pretty great. It's called Happy Hollow, a thinly veiled reference to American society today. Tim Kasher spends the album berating religion, and I've got his back on this one. It's albums like these that make me want to pack up my guitar and sell it to a pawn shop; everything has been said exactly the way I'd imagine that it should have been said. The music is daring and somehow simultaneously catchy and approachable. Can you believe they included a horn section? Believe it, fucker.
Come to think of it, check out the album The Ugly Organ. It's pretty great as well. 100% rock. Again, Kasher shreds. He manages to dive headlong into self-deprecating lyrics without sounding cliched or whiny; girlfriends and the artist's life, etc. And, what now? Is that some cello I hear? In an indie rock band? Believe it, fucker.
Bah, dig around. See what you like. I'd suggest working backward - present to past. If you're interested, try these links:
http://www.cursivearmy.com/03/home2.html (go to the download section)
http://www.myspace.com/cursive
http://www.saddle-creek.com/happyhollow/
NOTE: Posting links to new music seems like a good idea. Let's all do that, whenever possible. What better way to sample the goods without having to purchase the whole album..
1 comment:
fuck yeah, cursive.
Happy Hollow is my top album of yesteryear. You can buy this one without even testing it out, i promise.
More than debating the merits of organised religion, happy hollow's secondary theme is about american society and its misplaced values.
*work until you die
*grow up and join the army
*abortions are bad unless it is a priest's child.
*and many many more happy songs althroughout the track
Kasher's voice is amazing on this album as well... and by amazing i don't mean he is a great singer. he just does some amazing things with his voice that add to the song... my favorite is his little fit in "Dorothy at Fourty".
Listen through to "Rise Up" about six times in a row and tell me you don't love this album.
Oh and if you are feeling a little more "Stabby Stab Rip Stab" checkout his earlier album "Domestica" that basically documents the failure of his marriage.
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