PROGRESSIVE ORGANIC POP WITH ELEMENTS OF IMPROVISATION ”What do you get if you mix Kate Bush with circus-cabaret music and free jazz? The Malmö band Cure-a-Phobia is a possible answer to that question” – Ralph Bretzer, Skånska dagbladet Cure-a-Phobia (SE/NO) plays curious, wayward and genre-crossing music in the border between pop, jazz, cabaret and folk music. The songs contain both acoustic and electronic elements and are often both playful and melancholy. The musicians follow no written rules about time signature or melody and often give way to all sorts of whims and quirks. Jenny Nilsson: Lead vocals and Glockenspiel Fanny Gunnarsson: Piano, vocals and accordion Elina Nygren: Viola and musical saw Anne Marte Eggen: Bass guitar Cure-a-Phobia was initially formed as an experiment in overcoming fears. Stage fright, performance anxiety and inferiority were primary targets. They wanted to expose themselves to their fears by throwing themselves into the unknown, such as playing an instrument they couldn’t master and laying their bare souls to the audience. The result was love! Cure-a-Phobia has since then developed into the small lump of glowing, music and desire as they are today. … Everyone is afraid of something. Some are afraid of big spiders, some wide spaces, and others elevators. Cure-a-Phobia decided one day to stop worrying and to curiously explore the uncomfortable. They were delighted to find that what is awry and wintering also can be beautiful and exciting…