Happy Hollow

by Cursive

Happy Hollow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 August 2006
  • Label: Saddle Creek
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:32
  • Community rating: 3.09/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ted Stevens, Tim Kasher, Doug Van Sloun, Matt Maginn, Clint Schnase

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Tim Kasher constructs a biting conceptual narrative set in a fictional, hypocritical Midwestern town to critique religious dogma and suburban malaise. The band replaces their signature cello with a five-piece horn section, driving the energetic, heavily orchestrated indie rock arrangements. It is a highly theatrical and sharply written entry in their revered catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, melodic, antireligious, narrative, dissonant, dynamic, literary, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Opening the Hymnal / Babies (2:32)
  2. Dorothy at Forty (3:02)
  3. Big Bang (3:56)
  4. Bad Sects (3:39)
  5. Flag and Family (2:56)
  6. Dorothy Dreams of Tornados (2:54)
  7. Retreat! (3:57)
  8. The Sunks (2:53)
  9. At Conception (2:57)
  10. So-So Gigolo (3:43)
  11. Bad Science (2:40)
  12. Into the Fold (4:16)
  13. Rise Up! Rise Up! (3:22)
  14. Hymns for the Heathen (2:39)

Credits

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