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Cursive - "I Couldn't Love You" (video)

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12:00 pm
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009
by Sarah Zupko

Cursive’s latest video from the rather crassly titled Mama, I’m Swollen features a daintily, white frock-clad woman running from Tim Kasher all dressed for a wedding with a gun. Women in peril from male violence. Sigh…


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