Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve

Curve (band)

Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...

 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

Universal Records

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

 over the company's decision to shelve Gift

Gift (Curve album)

Gift was the fourth all-new studio album to be released by the British band Curve.Following two years of legal wrangles between the group and their then record company, Universal Records, the online success of Curve's self-released album Open Day at the Hate Fest convinced Universal - who had been...

, 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

Hip-O Records

Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown...

 brand.

Track listing

1. "Nowhere" - 4:06
2. "The Birds They Do Fly" - 4:10
3. "Ché" - 5:04
4. "Turnaround" - 4:24
5. "You Don't Know" - 6:23
6. "Backwards Glance" - 4:58
7. "Speed Crash" - 4:53
8. "Storm" - 4:28
9. "Caught In The Alleyway" - 5:44
10. "Open Day At The Hate Fest" - 7:02

"Nowhere" had originally been recorded for the soundtrack of Gregg Araki's eponymous film

Nowhere (film)

Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. It stars James Duval and Rachel True as Dark and Mel, a bisexual teen couple who are both sexually promiscuous....

, while "You Don't Know" had already been used on the soundtrack for the film Gossip

Gossip (2000 American film)

Gossip is a 2000 teen drama film directed by Davis Guggenheim and featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, and Kate Hudson.-Plot:...

.