THE WAYOF CURVE 1990 /2004
Seminal filth-pop pioneers, CURVE, who influenced a whole generation
of bands from Garbage and Nine Inch Nails to Marilyn Manson and beyond,
finally receive the retrospective treatment they deserve this year
with the release of THE WAY OF CURVE on May 17th. The Way Of Curve
will be released on Anxious/BMG (82876613612(8) and is a two CD collection
featuring the most crucial tracks from the band’s first three
groundbreaking EPs (Blindfold, Frozen and Cherry) and their extraordinary
debut LP Doppelganger. It also includes the band’s five Top
40 hits to date plus their collaborations with Aphex Twin (Falling
Free), Kevin Shields (Coming Up Roses), Ian Dury (What A Waste) and
their incredibly innovative and incredibly hard-to-find cover of the
Donna Summer classic I Feel Love. The two CD collection features 31
tracks in total, including some of Curve’s finest b-side moments
(like the Ministry-tinged On The Wheel) and follows the band up to
the present day with tracks from the current The New Adventures Of
Curve LP.
These days, CURVE (still) is vocalist Toni Halliday and instrumentalist
Dean Garcia. They arrived fully formed back in 1991 and immediately
prompted John Peel to comment that they were “the next thing
you’re all going to go crazy for”. This proved to be something
of an understatement as Curve became a regular fixture in the charts
over the next eighteen months and their live performances brought
ecstatic reviews and reports of “rival” indie bands cowering
with respect. Their sound might be described as being akin to a nascent
Debbie Harry fronting Jesus and Mary Chain and a nasty/cute hybrid
that, to put it in the musical context of the day, managed to out-Ride
and be more Bloody than the Valentines. Curve did indeed play shows
with both Ride and My Bloody Valentine and played a big part in the
Rollercoaster tour of the US which also featured Spiritualised and
Jesus and Mary Chain.
The release of THE WAY OF CURVE is a long overdue acknowledgement
that Curve are a very special band indeed. To listen to songs like
Ten Little Girls and Die Like A Dog now is to realise that the band
were way ahead of their time. Listen to this record and remember how
good they were.
CURVE will be releasing The Way Of Curve on Anxious/BMG on May 17th
2004
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or 07887 584242 and email phill.savidge@btinternet.com
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Savidge sleeve notes for The Way Of Curve
