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CURVE
Gift
Hip-O Records
www.curve.co.uk
Artfully piling layers of techno-tribal
beats against catapulting riffs and throbbing basslines, the majestic grit and grace of Curves's pounding "Gift" is a massive purr and pounce of sonic witchery. Vocalist Toni Halliday slithers gleefully
through the thicket of sharp beats conjured by partner Dean Garcia in a voice that warns as it waxes warmly of the terrors within. Envision a jungle paranoid Madonna that rocks out over dense textures of colliding
sounds then floats suggestively over a serene sheen of tender desperation. The effect is both haunting and humane. A tightly wrapped package of cooing rhythms "Gift," continues in Curve's previous vein of
glossy Goth pop that lures and lashes out, tempting as it threatens, inviting forbidden entrance to intriguing oceans of restless dreams.
John Noyd
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