The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song

by Cursive

The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 November 1998
  • Label: Saddle Creek
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:55
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Representing a critical developmental leap for the Omaha collective, this sophomore effort introduces the conceptual ambition that would come to define their later work. Tim Kasher crafts a loose narrative concerning the mechanics of songwriting itself, delivered over a volatile mixture of angular post-hardcore riffing and impassioned midwest emo dynamics.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, unconventional, literary, melodic, theatrical, erratic

Tracklist

  1. The Rhyme Scheme (3:44)
  2. A Career in Transcendence (2:18)
  3. The Road to Financial Stability (2:33)
  4. Tempest (2:34)
  5. Break in the New Year (4:02)
  6. Proposals (5:05)
  7. Semantics of Sermon (2:52)
  8. A Little Song and Dance (3:17)
  9. When Summer's Over Will We Dream of Spring (3:52)
  10. Northern Winds (3:00)
  11. Absence Makes the Day Go Longer (4:34)

Credits

  • Cursive - primary artist, songwriter [all songs]
  • Clint Schnase - band [cursive =]
  • Stephen Pedersen - band [cursive =]

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