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Cursive reissuing 'The Ugly Organ,' touring in 2015 w/ a cellist

Cursive at House of Vans in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir)
Cursive

Cursive have yet to announce a followup to 2012’s I Am Gemini, but they’ll be celebrating the past with a reissue of 2003’s excellent cello-fueled The Ugly Organ on November 24 via longtime label home Saddle Creek. They’ll also be touring in 2015 and are promising a set with material from all of their albums, but that pulls heavily from The Ugly Organ. And they’ll be joined by a cellist for the Ugly Organ-era songs. That tour includes NYC shows happening on March 10 & 11 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday (10/17) at noon.

Earlier this year, Cursive spinoff The White Octave reissued an album too.

UPDATE: The full tour was announced. All dates are listed, with the reissue tracklist and a couple Ugly Organ videos, below…

Cursive – “Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand”

Cursive – “Art Is Hard”

The Ugly Organ (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] track listing:
Disc/LP One
The Ugly Organist
Some Red-Handed Slight of Hand
Art Is Hard
The Recluse
Herald! Frankenstein
Butcher the Song
Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
A Gentleman Caller
Harold Weathervein
Bloody Murderer
Sierra
Staying Alive

Disc/LP Two
Excerpts from Various Notes Strewn Around the Bedroom of April Connolly, Feb. 24, 1997 (from 8 Teeth To Eat You)
Am I Not Yours? (from 8 Teeth To Eat You)
Escape Artists (from 8 Teeth To Eat You)
May Flowers (from 8 Teeth To Eat You)
Sinner’s Serenade (from the ‘Art Is Hard’ single)
Nonsense (from Saddle Creek 50)
Once (from ‘The Recluse’ single)
Adapt (from ‘The Recluse’ single)

Cursive — 2015 Tour Dates
FEB. 10 DENVER, CO BLUEBIRD THEATER
FEB. 12 SALT LAKE CTY, UT URBAN LOUNGE
FEB. 13 BOISE, ID NEUROLUX
FEB. 14 SEATTLE, WA NEUMOS
FEB. 15 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
FEB. 17 SAN FRANCISCO, CA THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
FEB. 20 LOS ANGELES, CA ECHOPLEX
FEB. 21 POMONA, CA GLASSHOUSE
FEB. 22 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH
FEB. 23 PHOENIX, AZ CRESCENT BALLROOM
FEB. 25 EL PASO, TX TRICKY FALLS
FEB. 27 AUSTIN, TX THE MOHAWK
FEB. 28 DALLAS, TX TREES
MAR. 1 HOUSTON, TX FITZGERALD’S
MAR. 4 ATLANTA, GA THE EARL
MAR. 5 CARRBORO, NC CAT’S CRADLE
MAR. 6 WASHINGTON, DC BLACK CAT
MAR. 7 PHILADELPHIA, PA UNION TRANSFER
MAR. 10 NEW YORK, NY BOWERY BALLROOM
MAR. 11 NEW YORK, NY BOWERY BALLROOM
MAR. 14 CAMBRIDGE, MA THE SINCLAIR
MAR. 18 CHICAGO, IL LINCOLN HALL
MAR. 21 OMAHA, NE THE WAITING ROOM