In my perception, Cursive has had two distinctive characteristics. The first is Tim Kasher’s conceptual and self-referential lyrics, which really came to their own on Cursive’s Domestica. The second is the presence of a cellist, which marked The Ugly Organ and their two reunion albums. In that perspective, this is the first release in their chronology … Continue reading Record #805: Cursive – Burst and Bloom (2001)