Cursive is an American indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. Stylistically described as emo and post-hardcore, Cursive came to prominence with 2000's Domestica and found commercial and critical success with 2003's The Ugly Organ. The band has released eight studio albums, a compilations album, and a mix of singles and EPs since 1997. They have released recordings on several labels, including 15 Passenger Records, Saddle Creek Records, and Big Scary Monsters (UK).
Cursive formed in the spring of 1995, shortly after Slowdown Virginia broke up. Slowdown Virginia members Tim Kasher (lead vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Steve Pedersen (guitar) had parted ways, along with their drummer, a month prior. The three members decided that they were not ready to give up making music, and wanted to give music a serious try, with Kasher saying, "[we] decided with Cursive we would write the best we could, believe in it, and if everyone ended up hating it – well, we would deal with it." Clint Schnase, who played with Pedersen in a band called Smashmouth, joined as the drummer. Kasher has said that the band's name was inspired by a passage in a book by V. S. Naipaul, in which the British were forcing subjugated Indians to learn how to write English in cursive penmanship, symbolic of a pointless exercise with no value, and Kasher compares this to the band forcing music as a discipline, taking it seriously.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Cursive in May 1997 via their 'The Disruption' EP. Further tracks from the group were played on his radio programmes until 2002.
Shows Played[]
- 07 May 1997: Sucker And Dry (7") Zero Hour
- 08 May 1997: The Knowledgeable Hasbeens (7" - The Disruption) Lumberjack
- 08 May 1997: A Disruption In The Normal Swing Of Things (7" - The Disruption) Lumberjack
- 13 May 1997: ‘The Bit Just Chokes Them’ (7 inch – Sucker And Dry )’ Zero Hour
- 14 May 1997: There's A Coldest Day In Every Year (7" - The Disruption) Lumberjack
- 16 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Sucker And Dry (7")' (Zero Hour)
- 16 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Knowledgeable Hasbeens (EP-The Disruption)' (Lumberjack)
- 22 May 1997 (BFBS): 'The Bit Just Chokes Them (7"-Sucker & Dry)' (Zero Hour)
- 22 May 1997 (BFBS): 'There's A Coldest Day In Every Year (7" EP)' (Lumberjack)
- 23 May 1997 (BFBS): 'The Bit Just Chokes Them (7"-Sucker & Dry)' (Zero Hour)
- 23 May 1997 (BFBS): 'There's A Coldest Day In Every Year (7" EP)' (Lumberjack)
- 04 December 1997 (BFBS): 'Warped The Wood Floors (LP-Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes)' (Crank! / Independent Truckers' Union)
- 11 December 1997 (BFBS): 'Warped The Wood Floors (LP-Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes)' (Crank! / Independent Truckers' Union)
- 18 December 1997: Warped The Wood Floors (album - Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes) Crank! / Independent Truckers' Union
- 1998
- 08 January 1998 (BFBS): 'Vermont (CD-Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes)' (Crank!)
- 23 July 1998: Tides Rush In (split 10” with Silver Scooter) Crank!
- June 2001 (FSK): Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me? (CD - Burst And Bloom) Saddle Creek
- 10 July 2001: Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me? (EP - Burst And Bloom) Saddle Creek
- 2002
- 05 February 2002: A Red So Deep (album - Saddle Creek) Domestica