Houston's Bottom Of The Curve is a 2003 Minneapolis rock album made by Jeff Halland, Lane Soderberg, and Ian Prince. Halland handles guitar, vocals, and keyboards, with Soderberg on bass and Prince on drums, giving the record a compact band setup rather than a large cast of players. Houston recorded, engineered, and produced it themselves at Mission Control and CK4 between August 2002 and January 2003, working around time and technical difficulties. Jeff Halland mixed it, then shared mastering duties with Dave Gardner at Magneto Mastering.
The tracklist has a playful, slightly skewed shape. “Dumb Rock 2” opens the album, “Intro” turns up after three songs, and “Dumb Rock 1” arrives well into the second half, alongside titles like “Chicken Little,” “Our Puffy Little Lives,” and “This Lousy Picture I Took.” Those details suggest a band comfortable with small interruptions and odd turns rather than a straight run of standard rock songs, though the available credits leave the actual recording’s sound to discover for yourself. Anyone digging through early-2000s Minneapolis rock, especially guitar-led records made with a DIY hand on every stage, has a clear reason to try it. The paid release is available on CD and in several lossless formats.
