The first time I heard stuff from the new Cursive record was when they were on Daytrotter last year. I hate to say but I miss the epic Cursive of Ugly Organ. Not that this is bad, Let me Up is one of the better songs on Mama, I'm Swollen, but there's something missing from this album. The two albums since Ugly Organ have been ambitious (Tilly the Wall on percussion?) but the urgency from Ugly Organ is gone. Tim Kasher had his existential crisis and came out a different man, but he still seems to be writing like he did when his life was in shambles. Writing about how terrible your life is only works when your life is actually terrible. Regardless of what your feelings are about Cursive (the feelings are love, right?) This video is pretty awesome. There's dead girls, fire, angels that look like Suicide Girls. It's Epic.

Mama I'm Swollen has been out for a minute via Saddle Creek

[bonus: click here to hear Cursive do a fantastic cover of Modern Love and an OK cover of Love Cats and a reworked The Casualty]