Cursive -- "Happy Hollow" Review in The Washington Times

I'm in The Washington Times today with a short review of "Happy Hollow" the new album by Omaha's much-loved post-punk wunderkinds (and one of my all time favorite bands), Cursive.

Cursive, a band whose name references an early signpost on the long road to maturity, has always been animated by the anguish of young lives on the precipice of adulthood. From the decaying relationship of a young couple on the band's third album, "Domestica," to the struggling musicians of the band's last record, "The Ugly Organ," the fiery Omaha, Neb., rock band has treated each of its recent albums as a single, tightly focused story about the unstable lives of the young and modern. Now, with the release of "Happy Hollow," the band has expanded its outlook to map the emotional topography of a small, Midwestern town that is a hotbed of political and social tensions.

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