Curses (Vanna album)

Curses is the debut album by Vanna, which was released on April 24, 2007 on Epitaph Records.[3] The Japan Import version of Curses with bonus track, Weapon Is Dead was released on May 23, 2007. On February 18, 2007, Curses was leaked onto the internet via filesharing sites. The songs Magnetic Knives and Country Boys...Goddamn are re-worked versions of previous recordings from This Will Be Our Little Secret and "Heavens To Betsy" was re-recorded from the Therefore I Am/Vanna Split 7".

Curses
Studio album by Vanna
Released	April 24, 2007
Recorded	October 25 – December 19, 2006, at Red Room Recorders, Tampa, Florida / Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Mathcore, metalcore, Post-hardcore
Length	37:31
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Matt Bayles
Vanna chronology
The Search Party Never Came (2006) Curses (2007) A New Hope (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	(60%)[1]
Allmusic	(Not Rated)[2]

Track listing

1. The Alarm – 3:47
2. The Vanishing Orchestra – 2:42
3. Surgical Tools – 3:19
4. The Things He Carried – 3:42
5. Magnetic Knives – 2:23
6. Trophy Wives – 2:37
7. Home – 1:22
8. Country Boys... Goddamn – 2:34
9. Heavens To Betsy – 2:38
10. We Ate The Horse You Rode In On – 4:08
11. This Map Is Old News – 3:22
12. You Were Never Lovelier – 4:57
13. Weapon Is Dead (Bonus Track on Japan Import) – 2:23

Additional Credits

• Christopher Preece – lead vocals
• Nicholas Lambert – guitar
• Evan Pharmakis – guitar, clean vocals
• Shawn Marquis – bass, vocals
• Brandon Davis – drums
• Produced, Mixed and additional guitar by Matt Bayles
• Engineered by Matt Bayles, Austin Sousa and John Ziemski
• Mastered by Thomas Baker
• Publicity by Héctor Martínez
• Artwork and design by Nick Pritchard
• Photography by Bryan Sheffield
• Brendan Brown of The Receiving End of Sirens sings on "The Things He Carried"

References

1. AbsolutePunk review
2. Curses at AllMusic
3. Curses on Epitaph Records website Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine