Curses
Studio album by Future of the Left
Released September 24, 2007
Genre Alternative rock
Label Too Pure
Producer Richard Jackson
Future of the Left chronology
0 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
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Crawdaddy! (favorable)[2]
Rocklouder 4/5 stars[3]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[4]
NME (8/10)[5]

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

[edit] 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
  • The iTunes version of the album contains the bonus track "I Need to Know How to Kill a Cat"
  • The Japanese version includes the above bonus track and "The Big Wide O".
  • Both tracks were previously released as B-sides on the Small Bones Small Bodies single.

[edit] Personnel

  • Andrew Falkous – Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Group Member
  • Kelson Mathias - Bass, Vocals
  • Jack Egglestone - Drums
  • Sean McGee – Mastering

[edit] References

  1. ^ Curses (Future of the Left album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Crawdaddy review
  3. ^ Rocklouder review
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ^ NME review
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