"Forget everything you know or don't know about so-called "emo" bands, this album is absolutely incredible, regardless of any label applied to it. I borrowed this CD from a friend, listened to the first song, then went online and bought everything by this band. That's the only time I've ever done something like that. They are amazing. It's so raw, so genuine. Everything Tim Kasher says, sings, or screams comes off sounding so brutally honest that you can't listen to the whole thing the first time through. It gives you the most beautiful hurting you can ever experience from music. I don't know how many times I've listened to it, and it is still in heavy rotation in my car and at home. I've lost my voice several times in the car, driving on the freeway and screaming, getting so lost in the intensity. This is an album that is so good from beginning to end, that you discover it in stages. You listen to the first few songs over and over because they are so good, and eventually you start getting all the way through it, and you discover that the songs in the middle and at the end are just as good, if not better than the first few."
Cursive is a legend
Z. Malm | 06/05/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I advise you to wear a diaper before you listen to this cd. If there is any cd that is more gut moving than this cd someone please tell me"
This album could change your life.
austinsane at loveaml@waste.org | 04/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is my favorite emo record, for that matter my favorite record of all time. It's full to burst with Tim Kasher's unbridled emotion and musical genius. I can't say enough about how great this album is. Part of me wants me to keep this masterpiece all to myself, but the truth is that you owe it to yourself to buy this album."
Amazing
Matt | arizona | 10/28/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"every single one of cursives albums is absolutely amazing...but this one i must say tops them all. tim kashers unrefined emotion has never been captured so well as on this album, nor has any other album that i have heard by anyone come close to this level of perfection."
Gutwrenching
austinsane at loveaml@waste.org | saint paul MN | 06/07/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Simply gutwrencing. Every word heartfelt. the lyrics are fantastic, painfully let out. The music is beautiful and intense. The definition of "emo"."