Cursive – Devourer LP red & black

Very few bands manage to last decades, and for the ones that do, it's often easy to settle down and get a little too comfortable. But there's nothing comfortable about Devourer, the explosive new album from Cursive. The iconic Omaha group is known for their intensity, ambition, and execution, and has spent 30 years creating a bold discography that's defined as much by it's cathartic sound as it's weighty, challenging lyrical themes. And Devourer is as daring as ever. Full of intense and incisive songs, the album proves exactly why Cursive have been so influential and enduring-and why they remain so vital today.

In the years since their 1995 formation, Cursive developed into one of the most important groups to emerge from the late-'90s/early '00s moment when the lines between indie rock and post-hardcore began blurring into something altogether new. Albums like Domestica (2000) and The Ugly Organ (2003) became essential touchstones whose echoes can still be heard in new bands today. Devourer, as an expansive new double-album, examines humanity's bottomless capacity for consumption through a series of songs that act like vignettes, driven by frontman Tim Kasher's never-ending appetite for both taking in and creating art. "I am obsessive about consuming the arts," he explains. "Music, film, literature. I've come to recognize that I devour all of these art forms then, in turn, create my own versions of these things and spew them out onto the world. It's positive; you're part of an ecosystem. But I quickly recognized that the term, 'Devourer,' may also embody something gnarly, sinister." Fans have come to expect such heady topics from Cursive, but Devourer sets a new standard. While Cursive's music hasn't gotten any more comfortable, perhaps it's being released into a world that's at least a little more shaped in their image. Devourer sounds urgent and fresh, the work of a band still experimenting, still hungering to find new creative heights. On album highlight "Consumers," the protagonist bemoans, "I saw our future and I want to go back." But Cursive are only moving forward.

Label: Run For Cover Records (2) – RFC275

Format: All Media, Album, Limited Edition

Vinyl, LP, Oxblood Red

Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Etched, Black

DVD, DVD-Video

Country: US

Released: Sep 13, 2024

Genre: Rock

Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Devourer 2xLP

Tracklist

A1 Botch Job

A2 Up And Away

A3 The Avalanche Of Our Demise

A4 Imposturing

A5 Rookie

B6 Dead End Days

B7 What The Fuck

B8 Bloodbather

B9 Dark Star

C10 Consumers

C11 What Do We Do Now

C12 The Age Of Impotence

C13 The Loss

Music Videos - DVD

DVD-1 Up And Away

DVD-2 Botch Job

DVD-3 Imposturing

DVD-4 Bloodbather

DVD-5 Dark Star