Curve
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Curve

Curve formed in London in the late 1980s as a duo with Toni Halliday on vocals and Dean Garcia handling guitar and programming. Their first album, 'Pubic...

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Curve's heavy, weightless sound defined 90s alternative

For the full Curve experience, start with 'Hell Above Water' and 'Left Of Mother.' Those tracks capture what made their sound work - heavy but somehow weightless.

Curve's 1992 debut 'Pubic Fruit' established their signature sound - Toni Halliday's vocals floating over Dean Garcia's dense arrangements. Songs like 'The Colour Hurts' and 'Hell Above Water' from their 1994 album 'Doppelgänger' became touchstones for that era's alternative electronic music. Their early work still surfaces in conversations about that specific moment when guitars met programming.

Curve formed in London in the late 1980s as a duo with Halliday on vocals and Garcia handling guitar and programming. After Halliday left, Garcia continued under the Curve name with different vocalists on later albums like 'Gift' and 'The Way of Curve.' They reunited in 2009 for some live shows and a compilation called 'Radio Sessions.'

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Curve formed in London in the late 1980s as a duo with Toni Halliday on vocals and Dean Garcia handling guitar and programming. Their first album, 'Pubic Fruit,' came out in 1992 and established their atmospheric mix of post-punk guitars and electronic textures. Halliday's voice floated over Garcia's dense arrangements, creating a sound that felt both heavy and weightless.

Their second album, 'Doppelgänger,' arrived in 1994 and included the track 'Hell Above Water,' which became their most recognizable song. The band's lineup shifted after Halliday left, with Garcia continuing under the Curve name with different vocalists on later albums like 'Gift' and 'The Way of Curve.'

Halliday and Garcia reunited in 2009 for some live shows and a compilation called 'Radio Sessions.' Their early work, particularly songs like 'Left Of Mother' and 'All Of One,' still surfaces in conversations about that era's alternative electronic music.

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