NYC's Shower Curtain sign to Fire Talk Records imprint, announce debut record

Shower Curtain, the four-piece NYC band led by Brazilian-American artist Victoria Winter, are thrilled to announce their debut album words from a wishing well due out Friday, October 18 via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk Records. Arriving with the announcement is lead single “wish u well” and its official music video, which offers a preview of the sonically swirling but complex echo chamber of early adulthood captured by Victoria and her bandmates; Cody Hudgins (Crate) on bass, Ethan Williams (Punchlove) on guitar, and Sean Terrell (Fasting) on drums. Self-produced with Williams, “wish u well” 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.

“‘wish u well’ is about the feeling of having the rug swept from underneath you,” says bandleader Victoria Winter. “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.”

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The music video for the track is out now, 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.”

The band’s upcoming debut follows their 2021 EP Something Instead and 2023 singles; “meus passos,” with Brazilian group terraplana, and “edgar,” the final track of words from a wishing well that Stereogum called “a lingering blast of poignant shoegaze” and Paste Magazine praised as “a gorgeous, reflective arc of survival and loss and hope.”

Last year’s singles represented 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’s solo project, Shower Curtain has grown into a four-piece band and found a home within Brooklyn’s emerging slowcore and shoegaze scene.

Shower Curtain is on tour this month with Bleary Eyed and Flooding, following a run of dates with fellow New York band Joyer. They’ll go down the East Coast before heading back to Brooklyn for a hometown show with Winter at scene go-to Baby’s All Right. More dates will be announced soon. For more information, see below for a complete list of Shower Curtain’s upcoming shows.

SHOWER CURTAIN LIVE

AUGUST

• 6 - The Meatlocker - Montclair, NJ %
• 7 - Otto Bar - Baltimore, MD %
• 8 - The Tourist Trap - Boston, MA %
• 10 - Philly Style - Philadelphia, PA %

SEPTEMBER

• 23 - Baby’s All Right - Brooklyn, NY *

- w/ Flooding

% - w/ Bleary Eyed

* - w/ Winter