Cursive - The Ugly Organ (2003)

The Ugly Organ is a concept album about "The Ugly Organist" and his life of lust, love and emptiness. I don't quite understand the whole story just by listening to the album but you get the general idea of the emotions and things he is going through. It is an amazing album and features the same cellist as was on the previous album i put on here. It ads a whole layer of melancholic sound and feeling to the album and aids in the story telling process. Overall, the album is very expressive and a little depressing but fantastic nonetheless.

1. "The Ugly Organist" – 0:53
2. "Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand" – 1:53
3. "Art is Hard" – 2:46
4. "The Recluse" – 3:04
5. "Herald! Frankenstein" – 0:47
6. "Butcher the Song" – 3:31
7. "Driftwood: A Fairy Tale" – 3:14
8. "A Gentleman Caller" – 3:19
9. "Harold Weathervein" – 2:59
10. "Bloody Murderer" – 2:52
11. "Sierra" – 3:25
12. "Staying Alive" – 10:04

The Ugly Organ

Cursive - Burst and Bloom (2001)

Burst and Bloom is an EP by Cursive, released in 2001. It is notable as the band's first release with cellist Greta Cohn. It is also notable for its meta-perspective of the music itself. Some lyrics in the song "Sink To The Beat" reference the song-writing process and Saddle Creek Records: "This is the latest from Saddle Creek." This theme would carry over to Cursive's next full-length, The Ugly Organ, which contained songs like "Art Is Hard" which again referenced the song writing process.

1. "Sink To The Beat" – 4:13
2. "The Great Decay" – 4:17
3. "Tall Tales, Telltales" – 5:08
4. "Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me?" – 4:18
5. "Fairytales Tell Tales" – 4:02

I figured I'd start out small. This is a great EP that you can really digest despite the fact that its only 21 minutes long.
Enjoy

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