Curious - Arrhythmia (2008)

Curious is a German band hailing from Bielefeld. Having been set up in 1999 they started as a cover band of The Cure. They progressively evolved towards own compositions, releasing a debut cd in 2004 on Genetic Music entitled ”The Intimate Stranger”. They now signed to Sonorium and finally launched a 2nd long player. ”Arrhytmia” starts in a pure new-wave style. The Cure now became a kind of influence and that’s an element you can easily perceive in this debut song entitled ”Resurrection”. The melody is pure Cure-like. Curious sounds like a perfect and cool emulation of the legendary new-wave movement and I guess it’s not a coincidence if you’ll remember some more 80s formations. The song ”To Ashes Down” comes pretty close to The House Of Love and is definitely another cool piece on this album. Curious can now move into melancholic parts (cf. ”Slowly Decaying”) while later on they became refined (cf. ”Face A Wall”). They have a strong potential and a very good diversity in song writing. The bonus track entitled ”Thrill B” is definitely the absolute masterpiece from this album. This song reveals great guitar parts and a typical, dry snare drum. Curious is a band for all lovers and nostalgic of the guitar-wave decade. They seem to avoid any form of originality, but are definitely great copyists!

Tracklist:
01. Ressurection
02. Days
03. Slowly Decaying
04. To Run With The Hares And Hunt With The Hounds
05. To Ashes Down
06. J. Mary (Sweetheart)
07. Face A Wall
08. Dazzled
09. The Way To Nowhere
10. Holy Ground
11. Thrill B
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Total Time: 00:47 min