blue light curtain

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Member Since: 8/16/2004
Band Website: bluelightcurtain.com
Band Members: Michael Sterling: Drums, arm candy, dynamics Laura: Keyboards, moog, vocals, tamborine Paul: baritone guitar, moog, vocals, drum programs previous member (drummer on EP) Sky: drums, vocals, mallets/mullets
Influences: My Bloody Valentine, Eno, Lynch/Badalamenti/Cruise, Stereolab, VU, Low, 70'S NICO, M83, Galaxie 500, the Cure, Big Black, K-Pop!!!, Buster Keaton, film noir, running faucets, drippy shower heads, red martian, c'est la mort, levator, factory records, Andy Kaufman, Tahn Bros Pho, Shin Ramyun, Ballet Restaurant, Shows @ The Comet, Asian Languages, Danelectro Baritones, Doctor perscribed Paxil...
Sounds Like:"...live remind me variously of Slowdive, 4AD records, Lee Hazelwood, Explosions in the Sky, and Brian Eno. Laura Bratton, the primary vocalist, sings in a style that would be readily familiar to fans of the aformentioned 4AD Records and dreampop music; ethereal and somewhat detached, but in spite of that aloof sound, she manages to really engage the crowd. There's a warmth there often lacking in the genre that's very comforting and more than a little sexy." JimiC THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS"Ten dollars says Blue Light Curtain were paying attention to the winter's recent dark days and pissing rain, because much like favorite repetitive guitar riffers/effects pedal enthusiasts My Bloody Valentine (or any other band that has helped you survive a midwinter breakup), this Seattle trio captures the mood of our city's gray life pretty damn well. Hopefully their set tonight will be a hair too loud for the meek; earplugs will only cheapen the experience." GRANT BRISSEY/THE SEATTLE STRANGER"Shoegaze bands never want to be called that, but that's what Blue Light Curtain—admittedly influenced by MBV, Eno, M83, Galaxie 500, and Lynch/Badalamenti (!)—are. And they're very good at what they do. The hazy "When the Sun Hits" guitar walls, heavily processed vocals, and dueling male/female voices are all there, and their new self-released disc, The Static Interrupts Our Dream, would sound perfectly lovely in a carousel stocked with any of the aforementioned bands. The new material has garnered the four-year-old trio (quartet, if you count their Korg Electribe ES-1, which they do) some attention on UW's RainyDawg radio and a slot on KEXP's live Audioasis back in October. Now, though, during the endless night and ever-present mist of winter, is the ideal time to revisit—or wallow in—the densely dreamy sounds that only a band like BLC can provide." RACHEL SHIMP/THE SEATTLE WEEKLY
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