Artist: Cursive
Album: Happy Hollow
Year: 2006
Happy Hollow may not be considered the best Cursive album, but after re-experiencing it this weekend I've come to realize that it's my favorite. While "The Ugly Organ" has a better collection of songs, including my favorite "The Recluse", I feel that Happy Hollow is a stronger album due to it's conceptual nature and the threads that tie all of the songs together. Happy Hollow follows a quaint, religious town (named after a real area near Omaha) as it shows it's hypocrisy, seedy underbelly and the general disarray hidden below. It's powerful, imaginative, and full of horns. Who doesn't like horns? "Bad Sects", "Into The Fold", "Flag And Family", "Dorothy At Forty"... all highlights. The whole album is a highlight. Go get it.
Hear it for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aYq6Y5A96w
Well, whatever plans I had for an album tomorrow just got blown away. The new Gaslight leaked - which takes precendence - as well as new Hold Steady, New Pornographers, Black Keys and The National, LCD Soundsystem, Crystal Castles... What a week of music I can't listen to. Alas.
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