Selling Points:

- The Curtains' 4th release

- Guest appearances by Nedelle (Kill Rock Stars) and John Ringhofer aka Half Handed

Cloud (Asthmatic Kitty Records)

- International touring act

- Chris was until just recently a member of Deerhoof and Natural Dreamers, played on

Danielson's SHIPS

Tracklist:

1. go lucky

2. green water

3. wysteria

4. the thousandth face

5. world's most dangerous woman

6. tornado traveler's fear

7. roscomare

8. old scott rd.

9. calamity

10. invisible thing

11. brunswick stew

12. fell on a rock & broke it

13. spinning top

Description:

The cryptic musical logic of CALAMITY might be recognizable from Cohen's past projects

(both Deerhoof and Natural Dreamers), but this record is brimming over with what was

only hinted at before. The singing and lyrics have at last brought The Curtains' vision into

a clear and recognizable focus. The enigmatic mood and seemingly unfounded optimism of

The Curtains' music have never been so sharply contrasted, and the sounds and playing

(CALAMITY is self-produced and almost entirely performed by Chris) have never been so

uncompromisingly personal and eccentric. Casually veering from melodic pop ballads ("Go

Lucky" and "Old Scott Rd.") to unclassifiable stylistic mish-mashes ("Invisible String" and

"Calamity") to unabashed bubble-gum and garage punk ("Green Water" and "Fell On a

Rock") to mysterious and brooding art-song ("Roscomare"), CALAMITY continues The

Curtains' project of poker-faced genre disobedience. But this time Chris's singing and newly

discovered interest in song form has pushed to The Curtains' music to a new level of

immediacy - on CALAMITY The Curtains have become what they've always hinted that they

really were and in fact, it's almost a whole new band.

Artist: The Curtains

Title: Calamity

Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records

Catalog#: AKR026LP

Format: Vinyl (non-returnable)

Release Date: January 23, 2007

List Price: $14.98

Box Lot: 50

UPC: 656605841519

Export restrictions: None

File Under: Indie/experimental/folk pop

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THE CURTAINS: CALAMITY

Asthmatic Kitty Records

P.O. Box 1282

Lander, WY 82520