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The Ugly Organ
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AMG Review of The Ugly Organ
Johnny Loftus
All Music GuideWhereas 2000's Domestica explored the intense pain of Tim Kasher's divorce, Ugly Organ is a tale of empty sex, overwrought melodrama, and metaphors of which the album's title is only the first. Kasher likes making you feel queasy, and Cursive backs him up with unpredictable instrumental turns. "Butcher the Song" could be about a lot of things, but it's definitely not happy, and its instrumentation lurches in stops and rushing starts like a drivetrain gone bad. "Art Is Hard" is much louder. "Keep turning out those hits! Till it's all the same old sh*t!" The clattering guitars shoot backward at Cursive's louder roots, but the knifing lyrics stab wildly at fans, the band, the industry -- any target available. Kasher and co. are similarly restless throughout Ugly Organ, and that sentiment makes the album both rewarding and frustrating. They're capable of great beauty, particularly in the sure hand of cellist Gretta Cohn, who first appeared on the Burst & Bloom EP but is a true force here. She adds a soaring melody to "Driftwood: A Fairy Tale," making it sound like Spoon with a fuller lineup. But the band also throws a thousand ideas into the wind on Organ, and a lot of them become just hints and melodrama. The ten-minute "Staying Alive" is flush with intensity but goes in too many different directions, while the brief "Herald! Frankenstein" doesn't expand far enough. Kasher's always pretty clear with his lyrics; he's having a post-coital conversation in "Gentleman Caller," he's the post-divorce depressive in "Recluse." But Cursive could use a little more clarity throughout Ugly Organ, to fully capture the band's fractured and anxious, but always exuberant sound.
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"It's no use to keep a secretEverything I hide ends up in lyrics"--??"Some Red Handed Slight Of Hand"?? by Cursive
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And I am what is left: A puppet!
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Whether it be a wave of bittersweet relaxation washing over me from the chord progression near the end of Holst's Saturn from The Planets suite or hearing Daryl Palumbo's blood-curdling screams and claiming them as my own, thus granting myself the gratification that accompanies such pure, uninhibited release, I've always felt that music translates emotions better than a lifetime of words ever c...
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the artists of Nebraska..........I truly believe this album belongs in the company of those that envision a mental play through music......Tommy comes to mind, or the Wall. great album. Enjoy!
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i truly had to post this song..........it is arguably brilliant. Enjoy!
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video: Tim Kasher of Cursive Acoustic
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Lately I’ve been taking long bike rides around some of the lush river trails of my town. Cursives The Ugly Organ has played as the soundtrack to a lot of these long sessions. Needless to say, it’s a damned masterpiece. Check out Kasher play “Driftwood: A Fairy Tale”. I’ll be the [...]
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Whether it be a wave of bittersweet relaxation washing over me from the chord progression near the end of Holst's Saturn from The Planets suite or hearing Daryl Palumbo's blood-curdling screams and claiming them as my own, thus granting myself the gratification that accompanies such pure, uninhibited release, I've always felt that music translates emotions better than a lifetime of words ever c...
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