The Curtain Society

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The Curtain Society
Roger Lavallee (left), Duncan Arsenault, Ron Mominee
Background information
Origin	United States
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, Shoegaze, Dream pop
Years active	1988 – present
Label(s)	Orcaphat Records, Bedazzled Records
Members
Roger Lavallee Ron Mominee Duncan Arsenault
Former members
Jeff Paul

The Curtain Society is a band which formed in Southbridge, MA in 1988, and consists of singer/guitarist Roger Lavallee, Ron Mominee and Duncan Arsenault. Their stylistic influences include pop, shoegazing, Dream pop and alternative rock & roll.

Their first releases were a series of EPs and cassettes through Apostrophe Records, a label directed by Lavallee. In 1993 the band signed with Washington, DC based label Bedazzled Records. Their first release with Bedazzled was the limited-edition 7" record "Chelsea", backed with "All Over You". Inertia, the band's first full-length record, appeared in 1995. The band then appeared on various compilations, including the series of art/music compilations from Boston's Castle von Buhler, before relasing their second album, Life Is Long, Still, in 1996. New songs were featured on the 4 song EP titled Volume, Tone, Tempo in 1999, which was also Bedazzled's final release before ceasing operations in 2000.

In 2005, the full length CD Every Corner of the Room was released on Orcaphat Records. The album was featured on multiple episodes of the soap operas One Life to Live and Young & the Restless, and in the movie Still Green.

Together with Scott Ricciuti (Huck, Childhood), the band has also performed as a backing band for Jim Carroll (as "The Catholic Boys"), and for Shana Morrison.

Discography

Albums

• Where Are You?, Apostrophe Records, 1992 (cassette)
• Inertia, Bedazzled Records, 1995 (CD)
• Life is Long, Still, Bedazzled Records, 1996 (CD)
• 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1998 (4 song CD)
• Volume, Tone, Tempo, Bedazzled Records, 2000 (EP)
• Every Corner of the Room, Orcaphat Records, 2005 (CD)

Singles and compilations

• "Sleigh Ride", A Very Local Christmas 2003, Bedazzled Records, 1997
• "No Wonder", It's Your Local Music 2002^{[clarification needed]}
• "Plaster", Several Bands Galore, Claire Records, 1998
• "Swing/Evanston", Splashed with Many a Speck, Dewdrops Records, 1997
• "Riverful", Losing Today Magazine^{[clarification needed]}, 1997
• "Mouthwithout (version 2)", Nigh, Castle von Buhler Records, 1997
• "Mouthwithout", Bedazzled Records, 1997 (7" vinyl) (backed with "Swamp Thing")
• "Ferris Wheel", Radio Hepcats Vol. 1^{[clarification needed]}, 1996
• "Gravity", Anon, Castle von Buhler Records, 1995
• "Cradle, Woke Up Smiling, Bedazzled Records, 1995
• "Love Ends, Soon, Castle von Buhler Records, 1994
• "Adrenaline, Kindred Spirits, Bedazzled Records, 1994
• "Chelsea", Bedazzled Records, 1993 (backed with "All Over You 7")

See also

• Shoegazing
• List of shoegazing musicians
• Dream pop
• Alternative rock

References

• The Curtain Society discography
• The Curtain Society credits, AllMusic Guide
• Bedazzled Records discography
• Music Match Guide

External links

• Official band website
• MySpace page
• Orcaphat Records