Reissued for the first time on Run For Cover Records celebrating 20+ years since the album’s initial release
Organ Splatter Color Vinyl
2025 touring history includes dates with Bright Eyes, Appleseed Cast, Best Friends Forever Festival
RIYL: Bright Eyes, mewithoutYou, Jets to Brazil, Appleseed Cast, Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi
 
Description:
From the maniacal opening notes and carnival barker howl that launch the album, The Ugly Organ wasted no time searing itself into a listener’s ears and quickly established Cursive as a musical force with which to be reckoned. A self aware examination of artistic constraints (or lack thereof), relationships, sex, and the intersection of all three, The Ugly Organ wowed critics and audiences alike with its cerebral, cathartic blend of songs.

Fiercely intelligent and cohesive – the liner notes laid the songs out like a play, complete with stage directions – across its diverse sonic landscape, the album landed Cursive on the Sunday Arts & Leisure section cover of The New York Times (which also called it “a marvelous collection of riddles and left turns, conceived as a single piece of musical theater”) and earned accolades from Rolling Stone (“a brilliant leap forward”), Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Alternative Press, MAGNET (“The best punk record you’ll hear all year”), Esquire, and SPIN, among many others, as well as a place on numerous year-end best lists.

The Ugly Organ feels as vibrant and vital today as it did upon release more than 20 years ago. A landmark album, it not only catapulted Cursive from the simmering indie underground to the forefront of a genre, but also served to inspire a host of young bands in its wake.
 
Tracklisting:
Side A
1. The Ugly Organist
2. Some Red-Handed Slight of Hand
3. Art is Hard
4. The Recluse
5. Herald! Frankenstein
6. Butcher the Song
7. Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
Side B
1. A Gentleman Caller
2. Harold Weatherstein
3. Bloody Murderer
4. Sierra
5. Staying Alive
 
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