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Originally from Southern Ontario, and formed in 2006, Cursed Arrows is a gender-balanced poetic rock band presently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Their newest material finds the formerly static man-on-guitar/woman-on-drums dynamic thrown off balance, as Ry N and Jack E each take the lead on a new instrument.
Thoughts of murder, politics, love, unity, isolation, and most of all, passion pervade their most recent recordings.
The duo, heavy-hearted and misunderstood, released their third full-length album "The Madness Of Crowds" April 5, 2011, preceded by "Death Rattle Blues," the single.
Their fourth album, Skin Behind The Shroud, will be released digitally on August 2, 2011.
Reviews of Telepathic High Five:
"Over 10 songs, the husband/wife duo run through a score of early 90s reference points – a hint of Pixies, a dash of Melvins, a heavy dollop of Nirvana – but sound surprisingly fresh in the process. Alternating between beautifully sinister power chords and nuanced rhythm patterns, the album squeezes ample variety from just two instruments. The title track, for instance, crams more riffs into four and a half minutes than can be reasonably counted."
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Download or stream Cursed Arrows' music
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Originally from Southern Ontario, and formed in 2006, Cursed Arrows is a gender-balanced poetic rock band presently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Their newest material finds the formerly static man-on-guitar/woman-on-drums dynamic thrown off balance, as Ry N and Jack E each take the lead on a new instrument.
Thoughts of murder, politics, love, unity, isolation, and most of all, passion pervade their most recent recordings.
The duo, heavy-hearted and misunderstood, released their third full-length album "The Madness Of Crowds" April 5, 2011, preceded by "Death Rattle Blues," the single.
Their fourth album, Skin Behind The Shroud, will be released digitally on August 2, 2011.
Reviews of Telepathic High Five:
"Over 10 songs, the husband/wife duo run through a score of early 90s reference points – a hint of Pixies, a dash of Melvins, a heavy dollop of Nirvana – but sound surprisingly fresh in the process. Alternating between beautifully sinister power chords and nuanced rhythm patterns, the album squeezes ample variety from just two instruments. The title track, for instance, crams more riffs into four and a half minutes than can be reasonably counted."
~NOW Magazine (Canada)
"Run Forever manages to encompass the stoned-groove of Z-era My Morning Jacket with the legitimate fury of the White Stripes, while still adding a remarkably adept coat of Canadian paint on. "
~PopMatters (US)
"A name tweak and a shot of adrenaline are welcome in the second offering from one of Canada's best fresh rock bands...Sludgy slabs of dissonant, augmented power chords lead a blazing charge of pummelling drum work and vocal harmonies threatening to tear with passion with each climax."
~Exclaim! (Canada)
"Imagine a marvelous song structure combination between Nirvana and The Melvins, the stoney trips of The Flaming Lips, the heaviness of Black Sabbath, the voice of legendary Wendy O. Williams mutated with the L7 lead singer Donita Sparks, powerful, groovy drumming & scratchy, phenomenal, well executed guitar riffs that will get stuck in your mind & you get Cursed Arrows."
~Heavy Stoned and Doomed (Puerto Rico)
"Run Forever comes out swinging like an underdog heavyweight fighter, knowing there is only one chance to grab the spotlight and like Little Mac they shock us all and connect square on the jaw. "
~Herohill (Canada)
"If you were into Dennis Thompson of the MC5, you're going to fall head-over-heels in love with Jackie Stanley because she schools his ass. It's like that old school Detroit rock where everybody got jazz, blues, and R&B tutelage and then went and joined garage bands (thus fostering the punk and metal yet to come). This woman is drumming all the drum parts that we all wished Dave Grohl had been doing for the past decade, plain and fucking simple."
~Sound Design and Assembly (US)
"Ryan’s stage presence conjures the ghost of Kurt Cobain transmitted through the spastic fury of Omar Rodríguez-López. His guitar work is just the right kind of rough around the edges. He delivers hard hitting riffs that would make Iommi proud. Jackie lays down a bedrock of tight, thunderous drumming and her angelic yet rocking harmonies compliment Ryan’s unhinged scream beautifully."
~Noisography.com (Canada)
"If you don’t agree, then I will fight you. It’s that good. There are two of them. A lad and a lass, and they are an utterly joyous duo of fuzzy post-grunge indie-rock babbling. The drums are woolly and boomy, and the guitar is earthy. They both sing, and when they sing together, hearts will melt."
~Collective Zine (UK)
"(Telepathic High Five) carries forward their sound, which condenses nearly every important ’90s alt-rock touchstone into sharp blasts of post-grunge fury."
~The Record (Canada)
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