NY via Brazil indie rock/alt/shoegaze band Shower Curtain have announced the released of their debut album ‘Words From A Wishing Well’.
Along with the announcement the band have also aired the lead single “wish u well” and its official music video. The record will be out on October 18 through Fire Talk’s imprint Angel Tapes. Pre-order it here.
shower curtain consists of Brazilian-American artist Victoria Winter (vocals/guitar), alongside Ethan Williams (guitar/vocals), Sean Terrell (drums), and Cody Hudgins (bass). Self-produced by Winter and Williams, words from a wishing well sketches early adulthood experiences in swirling layers of guitars. Winter wrote its tracks across her first few years of living in New York City, and they exist within a conversation between one’s own intuition and that of the universe. Channeling the sludgy distortion of 90s shoegaze and grunge, words from a wishing well establishes Shower Curtain as a standout in the city’s latest crop of bands.
Throughout words from a wishing well, guitars and vocal melodies co-exist alongside a textured blend of moments heavy and soft.
Lead single “wish u well” offers a connecting thread into words from a wishing well, combining the pop tendencies of early Shower Curtain music with heavier production. One of the last songs written for words from a wishing well, Winters and Williams crafted “wish u well” across a pair of whirlwind sessions in the final days of tracking. Self-produced with Williams, the song serves as an ode to the early bedroom pop beginnings of Shower Curtain whilst showcasing how the band has grown leaps and bounds through break-up musings and layered guitar riffs.
Victoria says:
“‘wish u well’ is about the feeling of having the rug swept from underneath you. In a lot of ways, I think this song is a lot of what my teenage self wished the project could create. That vision has long changed and I am definitely aware of this song not having the more shoegaze and heavier grunge elements that represent the project’s new phase and is more similar to the old phase of Shower Curtain. Yet, I still think its production is unmatched and next level between Ethan and I.”
The music video, directed by Trevor Scholl (Been Stellar) and starring Brenna Gonzalez (Lola Star) which features Gonzalez picking up emotional baggage to the point of exhaustion. On creating the video, Trevor says:
“It’s an ode to the mentally healing aspect of going for a walk and how stepping out invites the unexplainable. I wanted to capture the sense of exploration found in fantasy films while capturing places we frequent and not relying on overtly “magical” props. ‘wish u well’ is a wistful and bittersweet song. I ultimately wanted to extend these emotions with a daydream in a video.”
Check out “Wish u Well” below, followed by the album’s artwork and tracklist.
Shower Curtain “Words From A Wishing Well” Tracklist:
- benadryl man
- wish u well
- take me home
- you’re like me
- tell u (interlude)
- bedbugs
- starpower
- put me on a shelf
- edgar
Photo credit: Nicole Miller
