Drifter: Cursive Albums Ranked

ConcubinaryCode 07.01.16	Ugly organ is a jam but that's all I've named by them. I'll give domestica a listen if it's better though if you say is better.
Artuma 07.01.16	"Least Fav: Staying Alive" smh
Snake. 07.01.16	1 is 1 awesome "Least Fav: Staying Alive" u wot
Sinternet 07.01.16	Art is Hard is a GOAT track but i've only heard 1, 2 and Burst and Bloom, the others worth checking out?
Snake. 07.01.16	7 is pretty underrated
dbizzles 07.01.16	I actually like 7 a lot- at least more than 6 or 5. Burst and Bloom EP is the shit.
Veldin 07.01.16	cursive used to be one of my favorite bands. Staying Alive is certaintly not the worst track and it's a shame you think so. Also, I find Bad Sects to be quite an engrossing songs, if not one of the better tracks from Happy Hollow. Flag & Family is an interesting choice for top cut.
Drifter 07.01.16	The first half of Staying Alive is great, but I don't like how the do-do-do-do part drags on for four minutes. Though a nice throwback to "A Gentleman Caller", it simply doesn't hold up in my opinion.
Drifter 07.01.16	@Sinternet I think you should check out Happy Hollow and I Am Gemini. The Storms Of Summer is like a less good Domestica
braspberries 07.01.16	1 and 2 both belong in conversations about the best emo albums of all time. Personally, I prefer 2. Domestica is more consistent track by track, and I even find the narrative more compelling. But the highs on The Ugly Organ, like "A Gentleman Caller," "The Recluse," etc., trump Domestica's steadiness. By the standard those two set, everything post-Ugly Organ just seems neutered. Still very similar, still Cursive, but it's like they intentionally dulled their edge, while still trying to cut. Plus Tim Kasher, for all his pretension, is no masterful lyricist. He has his flourishes, but on the whole, Kasher's writing is narcissistic and teenage. Certainly expressive, and often clever. But rarely smart, empathetic, or insightful. Only ever delves an inch or two deeper than the surface, be it romance or religion. But Cursive does catharsis better than insight, so maybe that'd all be alright if the songs just weren't so...passable. Most of them aren't bad, or even overly bland. The usual goes: a tad complex, a little dissonant, slightly catchy. Enough of each element such that it's neither accessible nor adventurous. Just fine, and therefore, forgettable. Pre-Domestica, it's split. Storms of Early Summer I've a small soft spot for, so that's my #3. Such Blinding Stars is boringly abrasive.