Cursive, Meat Wave, Campdogzz

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Tony Bonacci

Cursive

The melodic pop-punk stalwarts of Cursive — from Omaha, Nebraska — are known for their concept albums; their 2018 full-length release Vitriola takes on the current political chaos. On the single “Under the Rainbow,” heavy guitar riffs ring out under a message challenging economic inequality. With Campdoggz, Meat Wave.

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press release: Cursive today premiered the video for their song “Life Savings” via Dread Central. Directed by Matt Hewitt, the clip stars Jake Bellows (Neva Dinova) and Morgan Nagler (Whispertown).

“We worked with friend Matt Hewitt to make this video, he's been making amazing action/horror shorts since he was young. We gave him full license to come up with the idea and to be as violent and/or as gory as he wanted to be,” says singer/guitarist Tim Kasher. “I love this video.” Director Hewitt explains further, “I brought up a few things with Tim as far as inspiration, namely the Scott Smith novel and the equally good Sam Raimi adaptation, A Simple Plan. It seemed to fit with snippets of the lyrics here and there, and while the ‘find money in the woods’ trope is a little tired for a feature, we agreed it made a very jam-packed and interesting video. And gangsters with guns are traipsing around the woods, The Sopranos episode ‘Pine Barrens’ is never far from my mind either, so there was a dash of that too.” “Life Savings” is the lead single from the band’s acclaimed new album Vitriola, which was released on October 5 via their own label 15 Passenger.

Cursive is: Tim Kasher (vocals/guitar), Ted Stevens (guitar/vocals), Matt Maginn (bass), Clint Schnase (drums), and Patrick Newbery (keys), with Megan Siebe on cello. Drummer Pat Oakes will perform with the band on tour.