| The Curse of Singapore Sling | ||||
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| Studio album by Singapore Sling | ||||
| Released | August 2002 June 17, 2003 |
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| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Hitt Records Stinky Records |
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The Curse of Singapore Sling (also The Curse of) is the debut studio album by Reykjavík-based indie rock band Singapore Sling.
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The CD album was released in 2002 by Hitt Records (HITT 006), it was licensed and released in the United States one year after by indie label Stinky Records (STNK 5). However tracks #1, #2, #3 and #8 are available in the 2007 best of The Curse, the Life, the Blood (CD/LP) released in Europe by German label 8 mm Musik.
An 8-track demo version of the opening track Overdriver was made available online on the Iceland Airwaves music festival website in 2001. The MP3 was titled Overdrive.
About Chantissity, Singapore Sling's frontman Henrik Bjornsson declared in a 2003 interview: "It's actually a recording I did by myself quite a long time ago, maybe two or three years ago, on an eight track. I recorded it in like two hours, on a hangover. And that's almost exactly the same version as I recorded back then. I've no idea what it means. I've been trying to listen to the words, but I don't know what it's about. "Chant" means chant, "chantisissity" doesn't mean anything".[2] The following track, Dirty Water is a cover of a 1966 hit single by Garage Rock band The Standells.
Edda (Hitt Records) the now-defunct Icelandic label produced a 3:58 video for Listen who became the single although no SP was actually released. This black and white PV was directed by Arni Thor Jonsson from the Reykjavík studio Sagofilm and was released in Iceland on October 22 2002. The featured girls wearing a bikini and dancing come from the Icelandic female volleyball league.
Since 2003 the video is available online through the American label Stinky Records' official website.[3]