Burst and Bloom

Burst and Bloom is an EP by American indie rock band Cursive, released in 2001 on Saddle Creek Records. It is the band's first release with cellist Gretta Cohn. Some lyrics in the song "Sink To The Beat" reference the song-writing process and their record label ("This is the latest from Saddle Creek"). This theme would carry over to Cursive's next full length, The Ugly Organ, which again contained songs referencing the song writing process ("Art Is Hard").

Burst and Bloom
EP by Cursive
Released	July 23, 2001
Genre	Emo post-hardcore indie rock
Length	21:56
Label	Saddle Creek Records
Producer	Cursive, Mike Mogis
Cursive chronology
Domestica (2000) Burst and Bloom (2001) The Ugly Organ (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Punknews.org	[2]
Pitchfork Media	6.9/10[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]

The opening to Tracks 2 and 4, "The Great Decay" and "Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me?", are prominently featured in Emogame and its sequel.

On April 21, 2012, Burst and Bloom was re-released on limited edition vinyl for Record Store Day

This album is the 35th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sink to the Beat"	4:13
2.	"The Great Decay"	4:17
3.	"Tall Tales, Telltales"	5:08
4.	"Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me?"	4:18
5.	"Fairytales Tell Tales"	4:02

Personnel

Cursive

• Tim Kasher - vocals, guitar
• Matt Maginn - bass
• Clint Schnase - drums
• Ted Stevens - vocals, guitar
• Gretta Cohn - cello

Technical personnel

• Doug Van Sloun - mastering
• Mike Mogis - recording, production