Pip Blom - Boat - VINYL LP

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.InchI am obsessive about consuming the arts,Inch he explains. InchMusic, 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.Inch 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

Album Tracks 1. Picture 2. Sea to Sky 3. Eclipsing 4. Wildfires 5. Done 6. Be Beautiful 7. Fever on My Dreams 8. Broke Open 9. Wayless 10. No Trouble 11. Let Go

Trawler Bycatch hail from Portland Oregon, where they stand out from the crowded musical scene by infusing influences that range from 70's rock, north Indian music, Captain Beefheart, Italian progressive music and variety of styles from around the world. Zach Dellorto Blackwell steps away from his bass role in Danava to sing and play guitar, Zac Nelson (Hexlove, Chll Pll) plays drums and sings, and Rus Archer (SubArachnoid Space, Zonder) puts away the guitar and plays fretless bass and sings. Trawler Bycatch are the amalgamation of a greasy trebled out blues guitar, slippery Magma style bass lines, and a fusion of punk and African rhythms on the drums. Think This Heat meets Stravinsky performing on a giant mushroom under a full moon. Very strange indeed.