Curve is one of those bands where I kinda liked them, picked up Cuckoo at a record store on a whim, it became one of my favorite albums of all time, and I never really bothered finding any of their other music. Now, my curiosity is piqued and I'm finally listening to the E.P.s that comprised Pubic Fruit after all these years. Might be doing some Bandcamping today.
― beard papa, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:51 (eight months ago) link
Physical box set coming in February:
Unreadable Communication: Anxious Recordings 1991-1993
The two albums, four EPs, some remixes and some live stuff. Does not include Peel Sessions, which are supposed to be very good.
I'm not a fan, but if you want remastered CDs, here you go.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 2 December 2023 18:52 (six months ago) link
so, remember this from a while back :
"but more to the point .. did all cd copies of the album come with doubled up inner sleeves as a spin off from the album name .. or is that just me being a little too nerdy ?
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:53 PM (eighteen years ago)"
well, a twitter account posted this weekend re the album, so i asked the question re the doubling up.
and look what happened :
𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙑𝙀 liked your replyquestion : was i only the person who bought this on cd to find the inner booklet doubled up ? i assumed it was a play on the album name ..
!!!
― mark e, Saturday, 9 March 2024 19:16 (two months ago) link
really deeply sorry to everyone on ilm that assumed i was a massive curve-head this whole time. tbh i had only heard a few tracks. anyway. turns out cuckoo is the greatest album of all time
― ivy., Friday, 24 May 2024 14:37 (two weeks ago) link
Haha it is!
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Friday, 24 May 2024 14:55 (two weeks ago) link
Salut to a proper and correct reaction. (Also this gives me the chance to mention I had a review of the Curve box set covering that era a couple of issues ago in The Wire.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2024 15:05 (two weeks ago) link
I picked up doppelganger, cuckoo, and pubic fruit on CD recently, I've been having them in heavy rotation in the car. This band has some great tunes, but even more crucially they've got such great atmosphere, they're just one of the coolest sounding bands I've ever heard. Everything comes together.
― omar little, Friday, 24 May 2024 15:14 (two weeks ago) link
And boy did that era deliver live too. Only caught 'em twice but both times they were on it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2024 15:55 (two weeks ago) link
yup, same. At the Palladium and the Palace, right?Having said that, I never really warmed that much to Cuckoo. Some great stuff here and there... but they seemed to try to go for a more organic soulful sound, whereas I wanted more of the badass iciness.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 24 May 2024 16:06 (two weeks ago) link
The very same!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2024 16:11 (two weeks ago) link
Cuckoo is the best. Esp. the back to back punch of “Unreadable Communication” and “Turkey Crossing”.
― Tim F, Saturday, 25 May 2024 01:24 (two weeks ago) link