Due to a reporting error, this story misidentifies Curtains of Night member Nora Rodgers as Nora Lincoln. The Daiy Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
Get ready for heavy blackened riffs and bombastic drums as the female dynamic duo The Curtains of Night prepare for their debut full length release, Lost Houses on Oct. 7 and an upcoming national tour.
Nora Lincoln and Lauren Fitzpatrick formed the band in 2006 after meeting at the Girls Rock N.C. camp and began playing shows together in 2007. Wasting no time, they quickly formed alliances in the Chapel Hill music scene and were picked up by Chapel Hill label Holidays for Quince.
“There were about seven of us playing together (at Girls Rock), and Nora was the one that I saw eye-to-eye with out of all of them,” said Fitzpatrick about the two’s start as a band.
“Neither of us were playing in bands at the time and we just wanted to get together and play,” Lincoln said.
“At one point we realized we had similar interests in music, and we were at the pivotal point in our lives looking for some sort of creative outlet. Luckily we started playing in a way that was complimentary to each other,” Fitzpatrick said.
This outlet manifested itself in the pair’s current metal project. Incorporating elements of heavy arena rock, stoner metal and post hardcore, Curtains of Night forge a brutally heavy sound that stampedes through the amplifiers and tramples the audience.
Fitzpatrick said the band did not begin with the intentions of following this path, instead stumbling onto the sounds it felt most comfortable and representative of them as a group.
“The things that people say it sounds like I didn’t start listening to till later,” said Lincoln. “You say ‘Sleep’ (a prominent stoner metal band) and I see that now, but I didn’t start listening to them until we really started forming as a band.”
Lincoln said that the search for the proper sonic intent is what led the band to its current style.
“It’s looking for that sound and when you get that sound you want to make it last,” she said. “We want to draw that out and have there be that tension, that drone, that push and pull space.”
The band said that in becoming more involved with the scene the duo has strived to keep the album centered on the surrounding community.
“I think with this record we tried to keep it local as possible,” said Lincoln.
The release itself was recorded in Chapel Hill with mastering, art and design all done by local artists.
“There’s a lot of really talented people around here and you don’t need to ship it out to Chicago or New York,” said Fitzpatrick. “It’s so much better with your friends and that you’re helping them out both financially and letting them do something that they want to be doing.”
Although the previous year has been a whirlwind for the band, Fitzpatrick says that The Curtains of Night are excited about the future.
“We’re already kind of at that point where we’re both definitely writing new stuff and I mean, I just want to keep it going.”
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