Imagine if Saddle Creek was Jekyll and Hyde. Whilst bands like The Faint and Conor Oberst would be its cute, cuddly, acceptable persona, Cursive would be its twisted, freakishly-shaped monster side.
A devious blend of indie, post hardcore and jazz, they make music that sort of lulls you in a easy sleep with gentle, melodic fleets of fancy before zapping you with teeth-grinding punk rock noisiness.
Inhabiting a weird place between the experimental pop of XTC and the fiery post hardcore of Fugazi, Cursive are probably one of the most interesting and hardest to pin down of the bands who crawled out...