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In Defense of a Blue Shower Curtain

from To a Crisp by Brûlée

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By summer 2002, I had lived in Washington DC for about a year, and I wasn't exactly committing to my new home. When my friend Keith visited from North Carolina to usher me through a rough month, he saw the unopened boxes in the middle of my apartment, and he insisted that changes were needed. He suggested I start by replacing the sad, ripped shower curtain left in the bathroom by a previous tenant. We walked to Georgetown and found a gorgeous iridescent blue shower curtain for $5 in the basement of Urban Outfitters. And seriously, its blue glow seemed to set my life on a new path, finally allowing me to settle in this city that is often labeled as transient.
A month later, I received another weekend visit, this time from my friend Dottie who was the singer in my previous band, The Foolish Things. As a professional space planner, she commented on the warm blue light emanating from the bathroom, transforming my apartment into a 10th floor blue urban oasis. We decided that the world needed a song about the love between a boy and his shower curtain, so we wrote the first verse and chorus together, and I finished the song after she left.
The bridge with shimmering open chords and echo-drenched wordless vocals is a brief homage to a type of music I call space-pop, exemplified by late 80s bands such as the Cocteau Twins, Galaxie 500, and my personal favorite, Downy Mildew. When I told Aura to sing something like the Cocteau Twins, she knew exactly what to do.
— Louis

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from To a Crisp, released December 1, 2012
Words and music by Louis Matza with help from Dottie Northup.

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Brulee Washington, D.C.

Brûlée is a band that stubbornly defies genre. In a world that likes to put things in nice, neat cubby holes, this band is not so easily described.
Inventive song writing and exceptional musicianship combine in a musical blend spanning styles such as indie singer-songwriter, alternative, lounge, jazz, blues, and contemporary folk. You’ll hear other influences that you like too. Just listen!
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