| Happy Hollow | ||||
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| Released | August 22, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 45:26 | |||
| Label | Saddle Creek | |||
| Producer | Tim Kasher and Mike Mogis | |||
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Happy Hollow is the fifth album by the American indie rock band Cursive. It was released on August 22, 2006, on Saddle Creek Records. Saddle Creek Records began shipping pre-orders on August 8, 2006. The album is named after a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska.
The album is the first since the departure of cellist Gretta Cohn[1] whose instrumentation was a fixture of the band's 2003 release The Ugly Organ. The album features significant five-piece horn arrangements courtesy of Nate Walcott.[2]
The lyrics of Happy Hollow form a concept album of sorts, revolving around a small town and its inhabitants, and dealing with concepts such as religious dogma and hypocrisy.