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‘This House Alive’ video premiere on SPIN.COM

Posted by admin on 10 Apr 2012 / 0 Comments

–http://www.spin.com/articles/video-premiere-cursives-chilling-house-alive

Record Store Day

Posted by admin on 27 Mar 2012 / 0 Comments

In celebration of Record Store Day, we will be reissuing our Burst and Bloom EP on Saddle Creek Records. The RSD exclusive version will be on yellow, white, and black marbled 12″ vinyl, limited to 1500 copies.

Participating Store info here:
http://www.recordstoreday.com/

#iamgemini release day

Posted by admin on 20 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments

Twitter friends! We’re having a contest to celebrate the release of I Am Gemini (in stores today!) Win two tickets to see us in a city or town of your choosing on our current US tour. To enter, write a horoscope (and be sure to include the hashtag #iamgemini) by 11:59pm EST on 2/21. Our ten favorite entries will win. You must follow us (http://www.twitter.com/cursivetheband) to be eligible.

And get your copy of I Am Gemini on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-gemini/id488307301?uo=4

ROLLING STONE NOW EXCLUSIVELY STREAMING “I AM GEMINI”

Posted by admin on 15 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments

Cursive premiered a full stream of their new album I Am Gemini today exclusively on RollingStone.com. The album, which won’t be available in stores until February 21st via Saddle Creek, can now be heard in its entirety here.   If you like what you hear, you can get an instant download when you order it direct from Saddle Creek here.

ROLLING STONE EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: CURSIVE’S “THE SUN AND MOON”

Posted by admin on 18 Jan 2012 / 0 Comments

The good people over at Rolling Stone debuted Cursive’s new single today “The Sun and Moon”.  Head on over to get your free download.

You can PREORDER the new album from SADDLE CREEK HERE

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On February 21st Cursive will release their seventh full-length album, I Am Gemini, which is the musical tale of twin brothers Cassius and Pollock who were separated at birth. Frontman Tim Kasher says that the album’s lead track – the guitar-driven, catchy “The Sun and Moon” – is an integral part of the album’s story. “‘The Sun and Moon’ unveils the first time the estranged twin brothers of the story meet, providing an introduction to the theme of duality that is explored throughout I Am Gemini,” Kasher says.
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New record, “I AM GEMINI” officially announced!

Posted by admin on 16 Nov 2011 / 0 Comments

We’ve been talking about it for a bit but now that there is press release it all seems more official. Ha! -Matt

Cursive has announced the release of their seventh full-length album I Am Gemini on February 21^st, 2012 via Saddle Creek.

I Am Gemini is the surreal and powerful musical tale of Cassius and Pollock, twin brothers separated at birth.  One good and one evil, their unexpected reunion in a house that is not a home ignites a classic struggle for the soul, played out with a cast of supporting characters that includes a chorus of angels and devils, and twin sisters conjoined at the head.

Recorded in the summer/fall of 2011 at Omaha, NE’s ARC Studios and mixed at Red Room in Seattle, WA with producer Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus The Bear, Isis), I Am Gemini marks the first time front man Tim Kasher, holding the completed story already in mind, wrote album lyrics in a linear fashion, in order, from song 1 to song 13.  The result is thirteen singularly cohesive song chapters that blend effortlessly into one unique narrative. The moody and playfully sinister I Am Gemini is Cursive’s musically heaviest in years, with alternately muscular and angular guitars, pounding drums and driving bass. From the eerie introductory sounds of epic barnstormer “This House Alive” and the irresistibly catchy, insistent “The Sun and Moon”, to the searing “Double Dead” and the split personality prog-pop of “Twin Dragon/Hello Skeleton”, to the roaring, mournful closing track “Eulogy for No Name”, the album is a dynamic, mind-bending, and imaginative ride.

Track listing for I Am Gemini:
1. This House Alive
2. Warmer Warmer
3. The Sun and Moon
4. Drunken Birds
5. Lullaby for No Name
6. Double Dead
7. Gemini
8. Twin Dragon/Hello Skeleton
9. Wowowow
10. This House a Lie
11. The Cat and Mouse
12. A Birthday Bash
13. Eulogy for No Name

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington (drums).  I Am Gemini is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen (Saddle Creek), which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman.  Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

Cursive will hit the road for a three-week tour around the release of I Am Gemini that will launch on February 12^th at the Larimer Lounge in Denver, CO.  The tour will take the band along the west coast – including a February 24^th stop at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA – and through the southwest before wrapping up with a hometown show on March 3^rd at Slowdown in Omaha.  A current itinerary is below and more touring news will be announced soon.

Cursive tour dates* :

FEB. 12         DENVER, CO                        LARIMER LOUNGE
FEB. 14         SALT LAKE CITY, UT          URBAN LOUGE
FEB. 15         BOISE, ID                              NEUROLUX
FEB. 17         SEATTLE, WA                       NEUMO’S
FEB. 18         VANCOUVER, BC                MEDIA CLUB
FEB. 19         PORTLAND, OR                  BUNK BAR
FEB. 22         SAN FRANCISCO, CA        GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL (Noise Pop Festival)
FEB. 24         LOS ANGELES, CA             TROUBADOUR
FEB. 25         POMONA, CA                       GLASSHOUSE
FEB. 26         SAN DIEGO, CA                   CASBAH
FEB. 27         TEMPE, AZ                           CRESCENT BALLROOM
FEB. 28         ALBUQUERQUE, NM         LAUNCHPAD
MAR. 1          WICHITA, KS                        ABODE
MAR. 2          KANSAS CITY, MO             THE RECORD BAR
MAR. 3          OMAHA, NE                         SLOWDOWN

* There will be more US dates added later. Only announcing a handful now. Stay tuned!

RECORDING A NEW RECORD!

Posted by admin on 26 Jul 2011 / 2 Comments

We are happy to announce we are currently tracking songs for a new record at ARC Studios in Omaha, NE with our long time pal Matt Bayles.  YAY!!  We are joined by the devastating Cully Symington on drums and the killer Patrick Newbery on keys.

Cursive will be joined by original drummer, Clint for the MAHA Music Festival

Posted by admin on 30 May 2011 / 0 Comments

We are happy to report that Clint Schnase will be returning to the drums for our performance at Omaha’s own MAHA Music Festival 2011 on August 13th. This is a one-off return for Clint who retired from Cursive back in 2006 after making 5 records with us. We love us some Clint and happy to have him back for the night!!