CURVE BALLS (2)

The third Curve EP was Cherry, which came out on 28 October 1991.

I actually don’t have a copy of the 12″ version, but instead have picked it up on 10″ which seems actually to have one additional track beyond those found on the 12″.

Again, there were also CD and 7″ versions, with the latter having just two tracks, and it was referred to as Clipped, after its A-side.

Here’s a review, lifted from the NME:-

Applying the dance angle and being indie are probably mutually exclusive in these days of the return to indie rock (“We never had a dance element in our music” is the new mantra) but you’ve got to admire Curve’s bloody-mindedness. Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia have surrendered to the heady groove on their third outing, while retaining some deranged guitar-consciousness. The savagely sensual ‘Clipped’, the wistful and insistent ‘Die Like a Dog’, the accusatory ‘Galaxy’, and the weirder-than-thou ‘Cherry’ show they haven’t been resting on their laurels, are still gripped by the need to explore, even if the end-result is less ‘instant’ than ‘Frozen’.

The review in Melody Maker, where if you recall the previous Frozen EP had been made single of the week, is a tad snippy, offering the opinion of Curve being technically hard to fault but equally hard to adore.

Three EPs in, and the usual critical backlash had begun, although it is hard to argue with the NME’s conclusion that these songs are less instant than earlier efforts, but trust me, they are more than decent.

mp3: Curve – Clipped
mp3: Curve – Die Like A Dog
mp3: Curve – Galaxy
mp3: Curve – Cherry

The record buying public weren’t prepared to accept that the backlash against Curve should begin with this release, taking it to #36 in the charts.

The 10″ version of the EP also offered up a fresh take on one of the songs that had been included on the debut Blindfold EP, with a contribution from the rapper JC 001.

mp3 : Curve – I Speak Your Every Word (with JC 001)

Here’s the promo video for the lead track:-

JC