Soundboy Collective: Curtains

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Curtains

I'm not sure what the hell is going up in New York right now but they are producing a ton of young bands that really have been grabbing my attention. One of these bands is putting out some top notch hardcore and they go by the name of CURTAINS and hail from Long Island, NY. I don't think any of these guys have played any notable past bands at all and from what all, but I could be wrong. As far as I can figure out their average age is about 20, what I would do to be that age again but for their age and experience they can jam out some hard ass tunes.

They are exactly everything hardcore needs to be in 2008. The music is very straight forward with a 90's Cleveland and New York style vibe going on - loud, raw, pissed, slightly dark, and straight to the point. A lot of the chord progressions and song structure has a very breakdown and integrity feel to me, hell if you took out the vocals some of their songs could be mixed up with Breakdown 87' demo and early Indecision at times. The riffs are a little bouncy yet still have a drop of that dark Clev0 sound to them at times but are perfectly put into place that makes their songs very smooth, yet at times the drumming comes off a little sloppy but I'm sure in time they will become even more tight as a band. Some of the way the drum beats are placed and their overall rhythms with the riff buildups remind me of No Warning for some reason but NW was a straight rip from NYHC so that's not a great comparison but fuck it.. I'm not the best person to review bands on the planet. The demo recording is a little raw but it gives a lot of feeling to their music. It's definitely not over produced and cookie cutter sounding it sounds exactly what you think it would; sound like a young hardcore band from New York City.

The vocals really draw me to this to this band they are harsh, angry, and naturally disto

rted a bit, after hearing the demo I assumed this guy was in his early 30's and spending his 20's drinking a lot of whiskey and screaming at the world for 30 year some odd years. Even after reading his lyrics it brings back memory's of being that age 7 years ago and always fucking up and making mistakes, I love their singers lyrics. I'm pretty sure this band hasn't been around for a full year yet and the music they are rolling out is going to turn out amazing if they stick with it. I see too many young break up to soon before they got the attention they deserve and I hope they will get noticed because this demo and band needs to be heard asap. I'm stoked all the demo's I have heard this year and these guys rank up high in my Top 5 right next to Alpha & Omega, Mind Piece, Hostage Claim, and ON.