The Ugly Organ Music Cd

Cursive - The Ugly Organ

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The Ugly Organ      Artist : Cursive      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $11.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2003-03-04      Studio : Saddle Creek      Label : Saddle Creek      Avg. Customer Rating : (104 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Ugly Organ      Yeap!      Rating:      Bold and Honest lyrics that poke at you and prod themselves into you psyche, leaving to question the importance of being. Is it for Love? Is it for Fame? Or are we all just meant to ruin eachother, for the sake of feeling something real. When we've reached the end we all hope the worst of it is finally over.     Customer Reviews for The Ugly Organ Cd      Lightyears beyond Domestica      Rating:      With all the dissonance in their great previous album Domestica it seems easy to label them a more emotionally driven modern Fugazi, but with this album Cursive forms their own identity unlike anyone else. The album shows off every part of Tim Kasher's personality in a way the break up spat Domestica could not. Here you will find every personality trait including self loathing, sadness, hesitation about selling out, difficulty with relationships, and even a little tenderness; If they had come out in the depression soaked early 90s they would have been huge. A lot of people refer to this as Emo. Now I have no idea what that means, but I get the impression that Emo applies to poppy screaming bands putting on a front of sadness to seem deep and artistic, whereas I believe every word Tim Kasher says here. The album is much closer to punk I think, contrasting extreme dissonance with beautiful classical strings for a very unique sound. The album closer "Staying Alive" is both at the same time, is a great epic, and is one of the great songs here. I like almost every song here which I can't say for Domestica. Here the consistent quality of tracks like "Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand", "Art Is Hard", "The Recluse", "Driftwood", and Sierra" is amazing. I'm at the point where if I can find one amazing track on an album I'm satisfied, but to have six here means you need to hear this if you have ever liked Fugazi, Sonic Youth, or the harder edged parts of Nirvana. As far as albums that go knee deep into depression before having an incredibly inspiring final song, there are few competitors with "The Ugly Organ". You could keep listening to safe music the rest of your life, or you could listen to something that finds the beauty in ugliness, and I think I'll go with the latter.