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  • Summary: This official debut album from the indie rock/country trio from Normal, Illinois follows a series of home recordings and an addiction that nearly derailed the band. The latter serves as the theme underlying these eight songs.
  • Record Label: Full Time Hobby
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. 100
    Mournful acoustic strumming, slide guitar, hushed percussion, strung-out woozy piano – there’s consistency and clarity to ‘Curve Of Earth’; perhaps more than you’d expect of a record 15 years in the making. What this album does, though, is contain the chaos of addiction, crystallising mistakes into something much more beautiful. The result is extraordinary and life-affirming.
  2. 85
    Curve of Earth is sparse, but the trio make up for it with their relatable and confessional take on what their idea of a vast Americana is and how to simply survive within it.
  3. Apr 18, 2019
    70
    Curve of Earth is not an easy listen, but the musicality keeps it from being a straight downer of a record. The songs here are uniformly well written and interesting even as the exorcism of addiction demons is at times oppressive.
  4. Apr 18, 2019
    70
    While the subject matter may sound heavy, hard-earned lyrics are delivered throughout the album with a relaxed, affable tone befitting the group's twangy, sauntering indie rock.