The Curse of Singapore Sling | ||||
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Released | August 2002 (Iceland) 17 June 2003 (U.S.) | |||
Genre | Neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, noise pop | |||
Length | 41:00 | |||
Label | Hitt (Iceland) Stinky (U.S.) | |||
Singapore Sling chronology | ||||
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Los Angeles Times | unknown [3] |
The Curse of Singapore Sling (also known simply as The Curse Of) is the first studio album by the Icelandic neo-psychedelia band Singapore Sling. It was released in August 2002 by record label Hitt.
An 8-track demo version of the opening track, "Overdriver", was made available online on the Iceland Airwaves music festival website in 2001, titled "Overdrive".[ citation needed ]
The closing track, "Dirty Water", was a cover of the 1966 hit single by garage rock band the Standells.
Edda (Hitt Records), the now-defunct Icelandic label, produced a music video for "Listen". No single was actually released. The black-and-white clip was directed by Arni Thor Jonsson from the Reykjavík studio Sagofilm and was released in Iceland on 22 October 2002. [4] It shows girls from a volleyball league wearing bikinis and dancing.
The album was released in August 2002 on CD by Hitt Records, and was licensed and released in the United States a year later by the independent label Stinky Records.
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