Cursive
The Glass House
Feb. 25, 2012
One can always tell how fun and lively a show is when
entering the Glass House. If the venue is full, the band is rockin' and the
crowd is dancing and having a good time the windows get fogged up and drip with
condensation. This was how the windows appeared when I arrived at the venue to
see Cursive last Saturday night in Pomona. In promotion of their new album I Am Gemini, which was officially
released on Feb. 21, Cursive graced Southern California not only with a loud
and in-your-face show, but also with new music.
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As the Nebraska rockers took the stage, the fans in the
crowd went borderline ballistic. It was clear by the hands that went up and the
intensity of volume that there were some hard-core Cursive fans present in the
audience, which made for an extremely high energy set.
Opening with the song “Drunken Birds” off of the band's new
album I Am Gemini, Cursive set the
tone for the night by starting off with one of the newer, heavier songs. At
this point, the Glass House was packed to the brim with a ton of ecstatic
Cursive fans who sang at the tops of their lungs and fist pumped with passion.
As the set continued, the crowd got wilder as the music got
heavier. Fans were crowd surfing, jumping up and down as if they were on pogo
sticks, and head banging uncontrollably. The girl next to me fell down a few
times because of how hard she was rocking out, but it didn't stop her. Tim
Kasher's vocals combined with Ted Steven's intense guitar riffs kept the girl
next to me, as well as everyone else in the crowd, rocking out hard.
At one point during the set, Kasher interacted with the
crowd and held a brief conversation with a fan about liking tater-tots, which
received many laughs. As the band interacted with the crowd, it gave everyone
in the venue a moment to catch their breath. A few seconds later Kasher and his
band picked up right where they left off, which fueled the crowd to continue
rocking out until the end of the show.
The one thing that stood out to me the most about Cursive
was how incredibly talented all of the musicians in the band are. The quality
of music these rockers make blows most of today's bands out of the water. How
many bands sound better live than they do on the recording? Not many, that's
for sure. The level of musicianship on stage controlled my attention for most
of the show, leaving me impressed and increasingly interested as to what's to
come in Cursive's future.
The Crowd: Lots
of hard-core Cursive fans dressed in black
Critics Bias: I
got the opportunity to interview Tim Kasher a few weeks ago about this show, so
it was cool to be there to see how everything played out.
Overheard In The
Crowd: “I love tater-tots too!”
Random Notebook Dump:
Every time I go to the Glass House I, without fail, always see tall grown men
crowd surfing…ouch.
Set List:
Drunken Birds
Big Bang
Sierra
The Cat and Mouse
A Red So Deep
A Birthday Bash
Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
We're Going To Hell
The Martyr
Twin Dragon/ Hello Skeleton
I Couldn't Love You
The Recluse
The Sun And Moon
From The Hips
Dorothy At Forty
Sink To The Beat
Art Is Hard
Eulogy For No Name
