Album of the Year |
Black Out
This album starts off on a serious high note
with the kooky swing song, "The Beaten Path," that
is somehow totally different and totally the same as every
Cursive song and The Good Life song that follows
it. The subject matter is pure misery (as usual), self-flagellation
and spousal castigation. While it’s certainly less discordant,
jarring and angular than his Cursive stuff, the songs on this
album have all sorts of cool surprises that constantly crop
up. There are constant bleeps and bloops and sound effects and
little production tricks that add some very fun intrigue to
otherwise straightforward emo balladry. It’s an album
that truly grows on you and is insidiously creepy in a way that
defies the mopey thing but makes you wonder what the hell was
going on in the Kasher household to inspire such vitriol and
great songwriting. |
Help Wanted Nights |
Lovers Need Lawyers |
Novena on a Nocturn |
Musical Connections:
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