So I went to a show in Cleveland one day to see a couple of bands with this girl I had just met named Melissa. Well we get there and I find out Most Precious Blood (one of the biggest reasons I went) weren't playing because their van blew up in Cincinnati, what a bummer. The first band, Daughters, plays and I'm left feeling dirty because their singer is a frigging weirdo. And after Give Up the Ghost I'm tired and thoroughly amused by their one armed singer. But the band that really got me thrashing was Cursed. They played all the song on their CD "One" and I fell in love. I bought the record that night and I still listen to it to get pumped.
The best way to describe the sound is obviously hardcore. But they use other influences intermittently and to such an effect to have a unique sound. There are a couple of relatively long instrumental parts that have a very barren and doomy feel but the overall pace is fast downbeats and crunchy guitar and bass. The singer and drummer are the obvious strong points, but isn't that what every really good band has at it's core?
One of the things that really pulls me in and starts my adrenaline is the urgent feeling you have listening to them. I get into it. I have to sing or point my finger or in our case kill people. The crunch of everything is combined with a wailing guitar that makes you feel irredeemable and desolate. The weight of it all makes me feel like we're all gonna die soon and that just makes me want to fight.
1. Polygraph
2. God and Country (Some Folks Inherit Star-Spangled Eyes)
3. Promised Land
4. Bloody Mary
5. Nineteen Seventy Four
6. Negative Two Point Five
7. Guilt Parade
8. Another Day
9. Opposable Thumbs
10. Pariah
Recommended songs: Polygraph, Another Day
Can't wait to feed on of you pink things. Crush, Kill, Destroy