Featuring members of Deerhoof, Natural Dreamers, Open City and St. Joseph and the Abandoned Food, the Curtains were formed in 2000 by Chris Cohen, Trevor Shimizu and Jamie Peterson. This version of the group recorded the 2001 debut album Fast Talks, a vinyl-only release limited to 500 copies. Peterson and Shimizu departed and were replaced by Greg Saunier and Andrew Maxwell, who appeared on a split seven-inch with Ghost to Falco, contributed a track to a Toyo compilation and continued the group's self-released lathe-cut seven-inch series. The Curtains' second album Flybys arrived in fall 2003, coinciding with a tour and another split seven-inch with Maher Shalal Hash Baz. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide