NYC Scene Report – Shower Curtain, Pom Pom Squad, & Sarah Bernstein
This week’s NYC Scene Report features Shower Curtain seeking out the ‘benadryl man,’ Pom Pom Squad squaring up as a “Street Fighter,” and Sarah Bernstein wanting everyone to embrace being a “Part-Time Pop Star.” * NYC-based indie rockers Shower Curtain will be releasing their debut album, words from a wishing well , this Friday via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk Records, and it includes the standout single “benadryl man.” For the band’s frontwoman, Victoria Winter, “benadryl man” is an especially personal song. Explaining the inspiration for it in a statement, she said, “‘benadryl man’ tells the story of my issues with sleeping, and anxiety. I see a figure sitting on my couch, and it prevents me from entering a stage of peace, moreover not feeling safe in my home. The instrumentals are a little sinister and creepy, and I always envisioned having strings on this.” I think it would take a lot of Benadryl for me to get to sleep if I was seeing a random person in the room. On the flip side of that
