Cursive, Cloud Nothings, And Criteria at Neumos 01/20/2020
Cursive, Cloud Nothings, and Criteria came to town at Neumos a couple weeks ago. Opening the night was the band Criteria, fronted by guitarist Steve Pederson, one of the original members of Cursive. Pederson started Criteria a few years after leaving cursive and though they never actually broke up, they haven’t been that active in a lot of the time since then. On January 17 however, they released their first album in 15 years titled “Years”. Criteria has an upbeat simply distorted guitar indie rock sound that is simple and effective.
Next on the bill was Cloud Nothings who have been very busy over the last decade hammering their way through the indie music scene. in 2012 their release “Attack on Memory” brought them to the forefront of their genre. The thing I like about this band is that they aren’t afraid to go off the rails sonically for a while.
Cursive came to Seattle last February at the Crocodile and back again this year in support of their 2019 release “Get Fixed” Frontman Tim Kasher took a good while near the beginning of their set to shoot the shit and talk to the audience about his experience that day in Seattle witnessing Trump supporters on MLK day, which I appreciated. The band played fan favorite classics, along with newer material. Overall a great show full of angsty, harsh, emo, indie goodness.
Cursive
Cloud Nothings
Criteria
