Throughout Nebraskan emo survivors Cursive's near 20-year career, 2003's The Ugly Organ has stood out as one of the group's most complex and beloved albums. That's likely why outfit's fourth full-length is about to get a deluxe edition reissue through longtime label Saddle Creek.
A fully remastered, expanded version of the album lands on CD, double LP and digitally November 24. As you can see up above, the Mach 2.0 edition of The Ugly Organ also features modified cover art, swapping out the original's vibrant green backdrop in favour of a dark and ominous black canvas lurking behind the jagged, mangled organ keys.
The first disc of material preserves The Ugly Organ's original order, with a press release describing the cycle as featuring a "gloomy inward focus" due to it being crafted during the "darkest days of the Bush Era."
The second platter is loaded with a variety of extras, from the four songs they submitted to the 8 Teeth to Eat You split with Eastern Youth, to two B-sides from their "The Recluse" single, to "Sinner's Serenade," a song that had originally appeared on their label's Saddle Creek 50 compilation. You'll find all of the tracklisting details down below.
Pre-orders for the set are being taken now, with MP3 files set to be delivered on November 10. You'll find more info here.
While Cursive has the upcoming deluxe release on the horizon, Tim Kasher and co. have not issued a new LP since 2012's I Am Gemini.
UPDATE: Cursive have also announced a U.S. tour for 2015, and while there are no dates set for Canada, you can see the schedule below.
The Ugly Organ: Deluxe Edition:
Disc 1:
1. The Ugly Organist
2. Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
3. Art Is Hard
4. The Recluse
5. Herald! Frankenstein
6. Butcher the Song
7. Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
8. A Gentleman Caller
9. Harold Weathervein
10. Bloody Murderer
11. Sierra
12. Staying Alive
Disc 2:
1. Excerpts from Various Notes Strewn Around the Bedroom of April Connolly Feb 24, 1997 (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
2. Am I Not Yours? (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
3. Escape Artist (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
4. May Flowers (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
5. Sinner's Serenade (originally appeared on Art Is Hard single)
6. Nonsense (originally appeared on Saddle Creek 50)
7. Once (originally appeared on The Recluse single)
8. Adapt (originally appeared on The Recluse single)
Tour dates:
02/10 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
02/12 Salt Lake Cty, UT - Urban Lounge
02/13 Boise, ID - Neurolux
02/14 Seattle, WA - Neumos
02/15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
02/17 San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall
02/20 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
02/21 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
02/22 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
02/23 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
02/25 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
02/27 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
02/28 Dallas, TX - Trees
03/01 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
03/04 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03/05 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03/06 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03/07 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
03/10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03/11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03/14 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
03/18 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03/21 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
A fully remastered, expanded version of the album lands on CD, double LP and digitally November 24. As you can see up above, the Mach 2.0 edition of The Ugly Organ also features modified cover art, swapping out the original's vibrant green backdrop in favour of a dark and ominous black canvas lurking behind the jagged, mangled organ keys.
The first disc of material preserves The Ugly Organ's original order, with a press release describing the cycle as featuring a "gloomy inward focus" due to it being crafted during the "darkest days of the Bush Era."
The second platter is loaded with a variety of extras, from the four songs they submitted to the 8 Teeth to Eat You split with Eastern Youth, to two B-sides from their "The Recluse" single, to "Sinner's Serenade," a song that had originally appeared on their label's Saddle Creek 50 compilation. You'll find all of the tracklisting details down below.
Pre-orders for the set are being taken now, with MP3 files set to be delivered on November 10. You'll find more info here.
While Cursive has the upcoming deluxe release on the horizon, Tim Kasher and co. have not issued a new LP since 2012's I Am Gemini.
UPDATE: Cursive have also announced a U.S. tour for 2015, and while there are no dates set for Canada, you can see the schedule below.
The Ugly Organ: Deluxe Edition:
Disc 1:
1. The Ugly Organist
2. Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
3. Art Is Hard
4. The Recluse
5. Herald! Frankenstein
6. Butcher the Song
7. Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
8. A Gentleman Caller
9. Harold Weathervein
10. Bloody Murderer
11. Sierra
12. Staying Alive
Disc 2:
1. Excerpts from Various Notes Strewn Around the Bedroom of April Connolly Feb 24, 1997 (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
2. Am I Not Yours? (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
3. Escape Artist (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
4. May Flowers (originally appeared on 8 Teeth to Eat You)
5. Sinner's Serenade (originally appeared on Art Is Hard single)
6. Nonsense (originally appeared on Saddle Creek 50)
7. Once (originally appeared on The Recluse single)
8. Adapt (originally appeared on The Recluse single)
Tour dates:
02/10 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
02/12 Salt Lake Cty, UT - Urban Lounge
02/13 Boise, ID - Neurolux
02/14 Seattle, WA - Neumos
02/15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
02/17 San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall
02/20 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
02/21 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
02/22 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
02/23 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
02/25 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
02/27 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
02/28 Dallas, TX - Trees
03/01 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
03/04 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03/05 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03/06 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03/07 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
03/10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03/11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03/14 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
03/18 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03/21 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
