Cursive | Mercury Lounge, NYC | 6/03/2008
Cursive’s show at the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night was dedicated to playing material from their new album, which they are two weeks into recording. They played the entire new album from start to finish in the planned sequence, though as Kasher mentioned the track list will probably get pulled in a million directions before release. The eleven new songs were played in about 45 minutes with possible song titles like “Blood Red Sun,” “Going to Hell” and “Diablo.” Usually, Kasher writes loose concept albums so is this one possibly about Hell? The third track they played, “Hips” as labeled on the set list (see photo below) was amazing bringing together the best of their older works like Domestica with the refinement of their newer albums.
The new songs had some balls to them that the band did not really show on Happy Hollow. New drummer Cornbread Compton makes for a great addition to the band, adding a new style that seemed to give the band some new life. Kasher seemed to be more emotionally invested in the new songs, perhaps just because they are so fresh. He seemed more excited to be playing these songs then anytime I saw them during the touring cycle for Happy Hollow. Needless to say, we here at LNWF are very amped on this new album.
More pictures and encore setlist after the jump.
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If you have nothing to do this weekend, I highly suggest you hop on Metro North and head up to SUNY Purchase for their annual Culture Shock spring concert. The two-day event features a ton of great bands, including Polar Bear Club, The Atlas Sound, El-P, Fucked Up, Deerhoof, Cursive, among many others. 
