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| Compilation album by Curve | ||||
| Released | May 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–2001 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, alternative rock | |||
| Label | Self-release (FatLip Recordings) | |||
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Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve since their reformation in 1996.
Open Day at the Hate Fest was produced during a time that saw Curve embroiled in legal battles with Universal Records over the company's decision to shelve Gift, the record Curve had recorded as the official follow-up to 1998's Come Clean. Following brisk online sales of Open Day at the Hate Fest, Universal relented, and agreed to release Gift later the same year under the Hip-O brand.
"Nowhere" had originally been recorded for the soundtrack of Gregg Araki's eponymous film, while "You Don't Know" had already been used on the soundtrack for the film Gossip.