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Cursive - The Ugly Organ


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A great concept from Indie rockers Cursive. I have been listening to this album a lot recently and I am pretty impressed. The songwriting here is great, and in many cases, just plain brilliant.

Best song (in my opinion): Driftwood: A Fairy Tale

Also: I am new here, so if this was already discussed, I apologize.

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Pretty sophisticated rock - I liked the third cut The Great Decay the best. Their bio says: By turns wildly dissonant (“Some Red Handed Slight of Hand,” “A Gentleman Caller”) and beautifully restrained (“Driftwood: A Fairy Tale,” “The Recluse”), the organ and cello lines, thundering rhythms and disjointed guitars mesh in a symbiotic relationship with Kasher’s narrative—replete with recurring themes and a resolution that ultimately leaves the players and listeners both sated and spent-- that seems fairly appropriate.

Make yourself at home, Mr V, and thanx again for the post

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Pretty sophisticated rock - I liked the third cut The Great Decay the best. Their bio says: By turns wildly dissonant (“Some Red Handed Slight of Hand,” “A Gentleman Caller”) and beautifully restrained (“Driftwood: A Fairy Tale,” “The Recluse”), the organ and cello lines, thundering rhythms and disjointed guitars mesh in a symbiotic relationship with Kasher’s narrative—replete with recurring themes and a resolution that ultimately leaves the players and listeners both sated and spent-- that seems fairly appropriate.

Make yourself at home, Mr V, and thanx again for the post

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Thank you. And no problem with the post, that's what I'm here for.

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Pretty sophisticated rock - I liked the third cut The Great Decay the best.  Their bio says:  By turns wildly dissonant (“Some Red Handed Slight of Hand,” “A Gentleman Caller”) and beautifully restrained (“Driftwood: A Fairy Tale,” “The Recluse”), the organ and cello lines, thundering rhythms and disjointed guitars mesh in a symbiotic relationship with Kasher’s narrative—replete with recurring themes and a resolution that ultimately leaves the players and listeners both sated and spent--  that seems fairly appropriate.

Make yourself at home, Mr V, and thanx again for the post

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kia ora venkman...nice to see you at beatking.....i had a listen too dude and i like the sound..nice strings in the backround...nice hammond type organ sound......very much like cure to me (vocals that is).....very cool... :good job:

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I am new here,

welcome to beatking, venkman :)

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kia ora venkman...nice to see you at beatking.....i had a listen too dude and i like the sound..nice strings in the backround...nice hammond type organ sound......very much like cure to me (vocals that is).....very cool... :good job:

I've noticed the similarity between Tim Kasher's (Cursive) and Robert Smith's lyrics.

And if you're interested, check out The Good Life, Tim Kasher's side project. It's more of a relaxed, acoustic sound. The earlier albums were more electronic oriented, but last years release, "Album of the Year" is by far their best effort to date.

http://www.saddle-creek.com/bands/goodlife/

Click downloads and enjoy. :scratchin:

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Cursive is a fun band... I was going to see them on the Curiosa tour... but Robert Smith had a family member that was ill, so they cancelled the tour on the date I had purchased :(

BTW... I think that "Domestica" is a better album by them... The strings are a little overwhelming on the Ugly Organ, from time to time.

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