I have absolutely nothing against Eurythmics' music, but the best thing Dave Stewart did was probably to introduce Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday to each other when Garcia handled the four-string for Eurythmics for a period in the 1980s.
Garcia and Halliday realized what they had in common and formed Curve in 1990. After several EPs, the debut album Doppelgänger was released in 1992 and entered the sales charts, mainly in the UK.
The follow-up, Cuckoo (1993), did not do as well in terms of sales. Perhaps because of its somewhat sharper edges and unpolished surface. Nevertheless, Curve makes a broader and deeper dive into the compositional sea here and the opening track Missing Link at least got some radio airtime.
In addition to her contributions in Curve, Toni Halliday has also been involved as a singer in many contexts. Among other things, the British ambient kings The Future Sound of London hired her on the classic album Lifeforms.
After Cuckoo, Garcia and Halliday parted ways temporarily, only to reunite in the late 1990s. The duo then released three more albums, of which the last, The New Adventures of Curve (2002), was released exclusively online. In 2005, the band split up for good.
Genre: Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica
Rating: 4.8 / 7