Posted on Apr 28, 2008 in News
The Curtain Society is pleased to have won a first place in the Turtle Boy Music Award poll from Worcester Magazine in the category of Pop Act.
thank you all for voting and your support. link Posted on Sep 25, 2007 in News
The Curtain Society 'Inertia' and 'Life is Long, Still' have been re-released digitally on iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody and Napster among many others. These were the first two full length CDs by us. Originally they were released in the mid '90s on the now defuct Washington DC label 'Bedazzled Records' and through the beauty of the internet they are available again. Here are a few photos from the sold out Inertia release show at the Middle East in Boston, back in 1994!
Here are the links to download on iTunes
The Big Takeover - Life is Long, Still Review Has this band come a long way! Not that their debut, Inertia, wasn't tasty, but, in terms of progress, this is the difference between a college senior and a high school one. This Boston-area trio still betrays a menu of early '80s Brit classics; many of the slow, slower, and slowest tracks are an accomplished update of Siouxsie the Banshees and their aural niece and nephews the Cocteau Twins, covering Faith and Pornography era Cure, only with more of the House of Love's scary, frozen guitar sweep. But most of the textures are their own -- and the snatch of "Magnet's Coil" from Sebadoh's Bakesale at the end of "Apnea" is a hint of more rounded influences -- and, moreover, the harder, louder, bigger songs (be)dazzle the ear. The standout jumps off three-quarters through, when "Stealing Shakespeare" arrives with a glorious rumble. Guitarist/singer Roger Lavallee twists an uneasy, restless knife into the pre-shoegaze precedent, with a might and a newfound, forceful sonic overdrive. His vocals (and especially the much deeper, powerful production) are the biggest change; whereas before he cooed plaintively, as if forced into the job, Life Is Long finds him flowered into a singer, making the more ambitious tracks batter more than tease. Kudos on that spindly-guitar driven opener, "Mouthwithout," the tremolo-infiltrated "Je Regrette Rien," and the psychedelic churner "Chevelle." If, on future efforts, they stick more to the hard stuff, the double-scotch instead of the red wine, Curtain Society will prove to doubters that post-MBV, post-goth, post-dream pop rock can be mean, powerful, and breathtaking, some of the best American music, instead of wan, fey, and ridiculous. With half the tracks here, they already do, and, overall, this is excellent. Posted on Aug 08, 2007 in News
"Chemical" by The Curtain Society was featured on Tuesday August 7 on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless.
you can hear "Chemical" on "Every Corner of the Room" by The Curtain Society available online everwhere. Posted on Feb 07, 2007 in News
The Curtain Society is nominated in this years Turtle Boy Music Awards. If you would like to cast your vote for TCS you can visit this link
thanks! Posted on Jul 18, 2006 in Reviews
Yeah, you know me by now. I get in a shoegaze feedback loop and cycle
endlessly amid droning guitars. I can't help it, I really can't. Which
leads me to The Curtain Society. Maybe shoegaze isn't the right
description but The Curtain Society definitely have been influenced by
that genre and grew up in the late 80's (1988 to be exact). And as you
know, that was the time (late 80's, early 90's) where Shoegaze ruled
the world (JAMC, MBV, Ride....). So, TCS was a baby then, their sound
bordering on shoegaze with heavier leanings towards power dream pop (is
there such a genre?). Well, they are back with their 2005 release (I
know I am late) 'Every Corner Of The Room'. A dream pop ride with
snippets of shoegaze thrown in, quite a nice palate of music indeed.
Oh, and did I mention that TCS are from Worcester, Mass.? Makes them
all the better, for sure.
link Posted on Jul 17, 2006 in Reviews
For two months now The Curtain Society's "Every Corner of the Room" has been in the top 5 on the local Boston radio charts as seen in The Noise.
Read the full story Posted on Jun 08, 2006 in Reviews
The Curtain
Society hale from Worcester, MA, just 45 minutes west of Boston, yet somehow in
the middle of nowhere. The inspiration for Paul Simon's "My Little Town"
has needed its champions over the years, and few have done as much to promote
wormtown's music as producer Roger Lavallee. Apparently all the work he's
done with other bands, as well as his naturally world class ears, has helped
broaden the pallette of The Curtain Society. Tracks such as "Diver" and
"Feather" are leaps and bounds beyond anything they've done before. In lieu of
their trademark typhoon of guitars, we find baroque pop influences, chiming
Byrds-like arpeggios, New Zealand pop sparkle, and the best singing Lavallee has
ever done.
(Corin Ashley, The Big Takeover magazine, Issue 58, summer 2006) Posted on Apr 29, 2006 in Reviews
I am so pleased to be telling you that there is a new record available from The Curtain Society. I fell in love with this band many years ago, and after an EP and an amazing full length album, the band seemed to disappear. Their early works were full-on dark shoegazer brilliance; wall of sound guitars and crisp drumming that perfectly underpinned the vocals, which - amazingly - were not buried in the sonic haze. The band wrote good songs, and just happened to play them in all their noisy fury… exactly the way that bands like Ride did so long ago. Read the full story Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Reviews
Curtain rises again with new CD
By Scott McLennan T&G Entertainment Columnist The Curtain Society is easily one of the more familiar names to those who follow music coming out of Worcester, and nothing physically has changed about the band since early 1994 when Duncan Arsenault signed on as drummer alongside bass player Ron Mominee and guitarist Roger Lavallee, who charts the birth of the band back to some songs he wrote in 1988. “We haven’t changed our name or our members,” Arsenault said during a recent sit-down with the band to discuss the group’s new album, “Every Corner of the Room.” “But this album is not by that same band.” How could it be? About 10 years have passed since The Curtain Society released its last full-length, “Life is Long, Still,” during which time each member of the band grew musically, personally and professionally. Yet rather than outgrow the boundaries of a rock band with sharp pop sensibilities and progressive sonics, it seems the members simply let the band grow along with them. Read the full story Posted on Apr 06, 2006 in News
The Curtain Society
Winner of the Alternative/Indie Rock category A talk with Roger Lavallee, the band’s frontman: I know you guys prefer to shun labels, but your aesthetic definitely has some beautiful shoegazer-esque influence. Besides My Bloody Valentine, do you have any particular favorite albums in that genre? I think one might be surprised at the diversity of what we actually listen to in The Curtain Society, as opposed to what we might sound like. I personally will admit that I was pretty smitten with Swervedriver’s Mezcal Head, Pale Saints’ In Ribbons and Catherine Wheel’s Ferment CDs back in 1992. That was a really long time ago. Now I just listen to Kelly Clarkson all day. Compare your songwriting process to what’s going on in Iraq right now. It takes forever to get things done, and there’s no sign of it ending soon. That, and we can’t afford armor plating for our vehicles. So, what does your band name mean? For us to know and you to ask. Define the experience of living in Worcester in one word. No, two words. Three. I’m from Fitchburg. There’s three. Content Management Powered by CuteNews
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