this is a return to the boring emo sound that defined their earliest records. and, he's trying to sing again, too. yuck.

if they had done this while attempting to retain some of the more adventurous tendencies of the then most recent discs, i could maybe give them a bit of slack. but, they aren't even really doing that, it's just straight regression.

so, this gets an F for turtling or ostriching or however you want to say it.

https://cursive.bandcamp.com/album/mama-im-swollen