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United States (1995 – present)

Cursive is an indie rock/post-hardcore band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records. The band was formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Steve Pedersen (all formerly of Slowdown Virginia), and drummer Clint Schnase. In 1997, they released Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes. After a few years of touring the band broke up in 1998. They posthumously released The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song in the fall of that year. A year later in the summer of 1999 the band reformed. Pedersen had started law school so Ted Stevens (formerly of Lullaby for the Working Class) stepped in and joined the band. In 2000, their album, Domestica, a concept album written like a one-act play documenting the lies, hate and deceit associated with a divorce, gained them much attention from fans and critics alike and they toured with At the Drive-In.

Cursive added Gretta Cohn in 2001 on cello. The strings added complimentary sounds to that summer’s Burst and Bloom. In 2002, the band toured on the Take Action! Tour.

Saddle Creek Records released The Ugly Organ in 2003, a series of internal monologues that reflects insecurities and self-doubt amidst the turmoil of life on an ever-turning emotional carousel. The music magazine, Rolling Stone, gave the album a 4-star rating, while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5. In 2004 The Cure selected Cursive to tour with them on their Curiosa tour. Afterwards the band went on hiatus with no specified return date.

1	Art Is Hard full track	1,280
2	The Recluse	1,231
3	Dorothy At Forty	723
4	Butcher the Song full track	715
5	A Gentleman Caller	705
6	Sierra	638
7	Herald! Frankenstein	627
8	The Ugly Organist	582
9	Some Red Handed Slight of Hand	579
10	Bloody Murderer	574
11	Driftwood: A Fairy Tale	569
12	Bad Sects	531
13	Harold Weathervein	528
14	Staying Alive	467
15	The Martyr	464

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miauw wrote:
yesterday evening

domesticaaaa <3 im just devastated about them cancelling all their european tours :(

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kidsmoke91 wrote:
last month

8 Teeth To Eat You and Domestica are soo much better than Happy Hollow or The Ugly Organ D:

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saharal wrote:
last month

I love anything from Cursive, but as most have put it, Ugly Organ was my favourite album. I would really, really like to see Cursive live!

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sweetdemise wrote:
last month

The charts are all from The Ugly Organ, what's up with that?

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hello_dali wrote:
last month

the bad sects re-mix ep is the only good thing to come from Happy Hollow.

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sadfordays wrote:
last month

the ugly organ is overrated they are still my fav band and i love all their cds

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

The Ugly Organ is fantastic, the rest is meh.
delitax wrote:
last month

For some reason Ugly Organ is really the only album that really does it for me. It's a fucking masterpiece, but I can't be mad that he changes style every album.

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nebenan wrote:
last month

i don't think happy hollow is bad and i like it a lot but i don't listen to it as much as i listen to some of the others because it doesn't speak to my soul the same way as the others do. that's a long sentence. i'm so proud

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conditionals wrote:
last month

I agree with ikurasake1 - the lack of respect for Happy Hollow is sheer insanity. It's just... so good. So very, very good.

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Mykibi wrote:
last month

The Recluse defined me =]

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oniri wrote:
last month

i am desperatly searching the live version of "art is hard". is someone knows where i can find that song? thanks!

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nebenan wrote:
last month

does anyone have "Frankly, Mr Shankly" and would like to share it with me so i can complete my cursive collection?

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ikurasake1 wrote:
last month

Happy Hollow is so underrated, it's their most brilliant and amazing album yet. The added wind instruments really does wonders. I hope more is coming.

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egroh08 wrote:
last month

Lyrics are so good, so true, with so much REAL emotion in them. Great band.

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MarshallStaxx wrote:
last month

Burst And Bloom > Domestica > The Ugly Organ > Everything else.

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birdfuck wrote:
last month

even better live

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Am I the only one that thinks Staying Alive is the best song off The Ugly Organ?
lakerdonald wrote:
last month

domestica made my top 20 albums of all time http://akissner.blogspot.com/2008/07/20-best-albums-released-since-1970-20.html

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cognitivesilenc wrote:
last month

the recluse

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Nov 1 (CANCELLED) Ekko, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Nov 2 Cursive Jubez, Karlsruhe, Germany
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