Cursive
Happy Hollow
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"Thank you for coming today. First off, before we take the daily tide and offerings, could our Christ-believing attendees please rise. Oh my - that's a good 90% of you. Next, could our W. Bush approving attendees rise - if you are not already standing. Yes, that's what I thought. Why do you people - you working class, borderline poverty human beasts of the year two thousand and six - still have faith in anything? What we need to do next is burn this motherfucking chapel down to the ash of its roots - and that will start.. right.. . now."

"It's time to stick a fork in the merciless socket of time"

Tim Kasher and Co. may as well tell us that Saint Nick was a jolly old creature dreamt up by our bitterly divorced parents as he is teaching us the truth about the local preacher ["At Conception"], evolution! ["Big Bang"] and the core meaning of our days ["Dorothy at Forty"]. You'd think these Cursive fellas were born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia with all the open-minded thought towards "our Father who were'th created". The truly scary part is the conviction by which these 4 grown men [yes, cellist and fifth member Gretta Cohn was sadly told not to return - in her place are horns and, surprisingly, a gospel choir!] unveil these time proven facts about creation and our purpose in life.

Undoubtedly a Cursive album from start to finish, with Ted Stevens fronting vocally on three songs [he wins big on "Flag and Family"] - Happy Hollow is as artistic a statement as any Cursive outing from the archives to date. It's just a shame the guys had to oust a talented and admired member in the process. The good, the bad and the ugly.

"So if you stayed away on holiday, we could get on with it. I mean we could evolve like this if you'd just call it quits" - from "Retreat!".

kaleb :: [2006 AD]