NYC shoegaze band Shower Curtain ponders grief on first single in 2 years, “Edgar”
“Shower Curtain feels like a fresh act in their bright, early stages of self-discovery, but at the same time, they’re filling a niche of sound that we didn’t even know we were all probably searching for.”
- Far Out Magazine
Premiering today via Paste Magazine, Brooklyn via Brazil band Shower Curtain shares their first single in two years, “Edgar.” The long-awaited track about the anxiety of impending grief is accompanied by a music video shot in the band’s home base of New York City, by director and cinematographer Nikos Campbell. Inspired by lead vocalist Victoria Winter’s cat Edgar's tumultuous health, the video co-directed by Winter was shot from Edgar’s point of view, which infuses moments of levity and playfulness into an emotionally heavy song.
“It feels very liberating to share this song with the world. Not only is it marking a new phase for the project but I think an overall process of maturing as a creative, letting go of the old aesthetic and sound that defined Shower Curtain when I lived in Brazil,” says Victoria Winter, the mastermind behind Shower Curtain. “The new sound is of course a reflection of the project evolving from a solo project into a band, and the band's contribution to this song is evident in the instrumentation. ‘Edgar’ is a very cathartic song about seeing my cat getting weaker with an auto-immune disease. He survived his hospitalization back then, but now he struggles with terminal cancer. In many ways, the stages of grief that are written about in the lyrics still persist with me.”
“Victoria's songwriting is powered by simple yet transcendent melodies and ‘Edgar’ exemplifies her ability to transplant the emotions driving the song into the heart of the listener more than any previous installment in the Shower Curtain discography, said co-collaborator and guitarist Ethan Williams.
On the process of making the music video for “Edgar,” cinematographer and co-director Nikos Campbell said, “I was really inspired by the concept of the song and wanted the video to be in conversation with it. Highlighting certain parts of grief while also giving a lighter tone with some of the sillier parts of the video. I really like how the video feels like a product of the song, without it as a base the video wouldn’t exist. But lucky for us the song really does exist and was able to inspire this visual take on it."
LISTEN TO “EDGAR”
WATCH THE “EDGAR” MUSIC VIDEO
Today’s release represents a significant milestone in the band's journey, signaling a bold artistic evolution for the band from bedroom pop to sludgy rock after a two-year hiatus. Beginning as Victoria Winter’s solo project, the band has found a home within Brooklyn’s emerging slowcore and shoegaze scene, adding members Jill Olesen on bass, Ethan Williams on guitar, and Sean Terrell on drums. The music video captures the comradery of this scene with friends from bands like Lola Star, Computerwife, Fasting, Punchlove, Ringing and Buff Ginger appearing throughout the music video.
Shower Curtain is wholeheartedly focused on creating and producing their first album, which is set for release in 2024. In celebration of their resurgence, Shower Curtain will play a single release show on November 9 at Brooklyn’s infamous DIY spot Trans Pecos before heading to Winter’s home country of Brazil to play Balaclava Festival on November 19 alongside Unknown Mortal Orchestra, American Football, and more. For more information, see below for a complete list of Shower Curtain’s upcoming shows.
SHOWER CURTAIN LIVE
NOVEMBER
9 - Trans Pecos - Brooklyn, NY
17 - Wonka Bar - Curitiba, BR
19 - Balaclava Festival - São Paulo, BR
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Shower Curtain started as the solo bedroom project of Victoria Winter in 2018 in Curitiba, Brazil, and has since developed into a four-piece based out of Brooklyn, NY. True to Winter's bedroom roots, Shower Curtain brings dreamy melodies to the forefront of their music, bolstered by instrumental distortion and insulated by fuzz. Their most recent EP, Something Instead (2021), was released via the Brazilian indie stalwart Balaclava Records and received praise from Under the Radar and FLOOD Magazine for its marriage of dream pop and grunge rock. Since 2021, they have become a staple within the New York City music scene, known for their pop sensibilities layered with sludgy guitars, harkening back to their 90s shoegaze and slowcore influences. When Shower Curtain isn’t playing shows along the East Coast with peers like Cryogeyser and Computerwife, they’re writing and recording their debut album, due in 2024.
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