Curses (Future of the Left album)

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Curses!
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2007
Genre Post-hardcore, noise rock
Label Too Pure
Producer Richard Jackson
Future of the Left chronology
Curses!
(2007)
Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires
(2008)
Singles from Curses!
  1. "Fingers Become Thumbs / The Lord Hates A Coward"
    Released: 29 January 2007
  2. "Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood"
    Released: 4 June 2007
  3. "Small Bones Small Bodies"
    Released: 10 September 2007
  4. "Manchasm"
    Released: 8 April 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Crawdaddy! (favorable) [2]
NME (8/10) [3]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) [4]

Curses! is the debut release of Welsh band Future of the Left, released by Too Pure in 2007.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Lord Hates a Coward" – 3:34
  2. "Plague of Onces" – 3:03
  3. "Fingers Become Thumbs!" – 1:50
  4. "Manchasm" – 3:54
  5. "Fuck the Countryside Alliance" – 2:06
  6. "My Gymnastic Past" – 2:30
  7. "Suddenly It's a Folk Song" – 2:55
  8. "Kept by Bees" – 1:54
  9. "Small Bones Small Bodies" – 2:22
  10. "Wrigley Scott" – 2:06
  11. "Real Men Hunt in Packs" – 3:27
  12. "Team:Seed" – 1:19
  13. "adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood" – 3:09
  14. "The Contrarian" – 3:02

Personnel

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