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The Curtains are a California Pop music group founded by Chris Cohen and Trevor Shimizu in San Francisco, California in 2000. Their first three albums are mostly instrumental music which uses electric guitar, analog synthesizer and drums (see Fast Talks and Flybys). Initially influenced by film soundtracks, TV jingles, West Coast jazz and early electronic music, the Curtains have slowly gravitated towards melodic vocal-based pop music.
In 2004 they embarked on a West Coast U.S. tour with Maher Shalal Hash Baz, and recorded as members of that band on the record Faux Depart. They have also opened for such bands as Red Krayola, Saccharine Trust, Young People, Joan of Arc, Glass Candy, The Dead C Burning Star Core, Open City, Final Fantasy, and Beirut.
The Curtains lineup changes often with principal songwriter Chris Cohen being the only continuous member. Cohen also plays in Cryptacize, was a contributing member of Deerhoof from 2002 through 2006,. He has also performed as a member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cass McCombs, Danielson, and White Magic. The Curtains are currently signed to Asthmatic Kitty.
