At Fecking, we will never judge you for what you wear, or don’t wear, for that matter. Unless, of course, you are a wolf, and you happen to be wearing sheep’s clothing, in which case we would ask you to not kill anyone / remove your clothes.
But today, Seattle’s Curse League sets things straight with the sonic dress code of their own courtesy of new single, “Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing,” which sounds like quite the predicament. Like, can you really imagine?
Regardless of our wardrobe hangups, Curse League breaks in the song with an almost campfire acoustic moment before launching into an anthemic, post-rock inflected journey through math rock and emo.
You almost wish it would have stayed a bit longer, but the charm it imparts never actually leaves as the song’s slippery, unwieldy guitars and stop-start rhythm section splatter, melt, and agonize alongside the throat-rupturing vocals. Get your sweet, sweet taste below:
The band’s last album Laying by the Fire in Good Company was released in 2018, but they also just released another single called “Breadwinner,” so we’d say a new record is most likely on the way, which would be great as Curse League seems to be nearing the point of becoming a household name in the pantheon of West Coast Emo alongside bands like The Most, To Bloom, Spiller, etc.
Here’s to more new Curse League and more West Coast Emo finesse, no matter what they’re wearing!