. : : April 10th, 2025 : : .

I seemed to almost will the Cursive - Bright Eyes double bill into existence.

Excited by the well-received new album by the band, Devourer, I was hopeful for another Canadian tour date (the band had a long border-crossing sabbatical from 2012 through 2022). One day, quite randomly, I also thought about how long it'd been since I'd seen Bright Eyes, and curiously peeked at Setlist.FM to see what recent shows have looked like. "Yeah, they might be cool to check out again when they tour here next," I thought to myself in a wave of early 2000's nostalgia.

When it was announced a week or so later that not only were they both hitting Toronto this spring but were on the same bill, I was immediately all-in.

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