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If Cursive's upcoming live itinerary seems a touch on the scant side, well, they have a good excuse. The band are currently crafting the tearjerkers that'll pepper their follow-up to 2006's Happy Hollow, and have, according to their website, "booked some shows around different writing sessions." You know, to pass the time, get the juices flowing, and let the kids hear just what they've been up to recently.

After from a hometown gig later this month, Cursive will reemerge for three dates in California (including a stop at Noise Pop) and, finally, a little Midwest run in early April. The record will emerge once the damn thing's all written and recorded, though, um, I thought the writing in Cursive was supposed to go a little quicker than that of, oh, Prints? Wacka wacka!

Cursive:

01-25 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
02-28 Visalia, CA - Howie & Son's Pizza *
02-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (Noise Pop)
03-01 Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theatre *
04-03 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin #
04-04 Iowa City, IA - The Mill (Mission Creek Music Festival) #
04-05 Columbia, MO - Mojo's #
04-06 St. Louis, MO - The Gargoyle #

* with the New Trust
# with Capgun Coup