Joe Astle (guitar/vocals) and Amber McCall (drums/vocals) are Fur Curtains. The band writes quirky, frivolous pop songs on their release Petite Disquette. I was checking out their Bandcamp page and the juxtaposition of salt and pepper shrimp with furry, unshaven genitals of cartoon humans kind of grossed me out. I love shrimp and really love salt but apparently I don’t like the sight of it right next to naked cartoon humans.
The songs definitely felt silly from the lyrics to the instrumentation. This alone doesn’t add up to something I might appreciate. However, that on top of catchy melodies and solid musicianship and I’m in. Up first is “Salt N' Pepper Shrimp” which has McCall on vocals. It comes close to ’50s pop at times which I love and a mix of lo-fi indie rock. She apparently loves salt n pepper shrimp so much she doesn't’ mind getting paid with it! I like it too but you gotta draw a line somewhere. If American Apparel tried that crap on me when I was sixteen I would tell them to suck a lemon. I couldn’t make all the lyrics to “Jungle Man” but it seemed overly violent. They were singing about ripping off heads so they could see neck holes. Good luck trying to rip the head off a cheetah. I mean no chance. No chance. “Louie In Hawaii” is a little gross. I mean the song is catchy and the way they present the material seems totally innocuous and fun but yeah it’s kind of gross. The band continues with “Big Old Balls” which doesn't’ need any further explanation. They end with “Game Show” which revolves around winning a lot of money and then being kind of shitty about it and buying a person you care about some hair, pants and a single shoe. I've never been in stitches over comedic songs. At best I get subtle smirks because of wit. I had enough smirks to enjoy myself. Fur Curtains could totally diversify as well. They could do a kids album about daddy having two mommies, an album about how pants seem totally unnecessary in 2018 and the ramifications of Canadian tariffs on the global economy. I await more comedic genius from these two.
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