They therefore self-released the 'Pink Girl With the Blues' single on their own FatLip Recordings label.

[1] Freed from record label control, Curve began putting MP3s of new and old material their site for fans to download.

These, along with some new tracks, were collected together on CD in Open Day at the Hate Fest, which was released through the band's website later in 2001.

The brisk sales of the CD made Universal realise that there was a market for Gift and the album was finally released, but only in the United States.

It was released by Artful Records (who had a distribution deal with Universal), though FatLip is also named on the packaging.