![]() Drawn to catchy, poppy hooks and choruses, Charles draws on what she loves about each era while developing her unique style and voice as a musician, singer, and songwriter. Her music career has been a chronological progression from old-time music to 60’s garage and psychedelia, and now more 70’s country and soft rock. Subsequently crafting an exhilarating live show, in which she has headlined national and international dates as well as shared the stage with contemporaries Best Coast, Sunflower Bean, Mac Demarco, Conor Oberst, etc, as well as festival plays like ACL, Huichica and Desert Daze. After a few fun-filled years immersed in the rock and roll lifestyle, she decided it was time to pursue her own songwriting, and began developing the songs that formed 2015’s eponymous debut EP and additional debut LP that came out in 2017 on Kanine Records. At 22, she joined garage rock band The Blank Tapes as a drummer. At 18, she formed country duo The Driftwood Singers with Christian Lee Hutson, singing and playing guitar and autoharp. Pearl has been playing music since she was five years old. Magic Mirror follows the cartography of a girl, growing into a woman, as she moves through life from single-dom, to the expansive space of self-reflection, and the newly appreciated perspective of coming back together again and finding yourself, this time with someone new. It’s a feel good album that asks us to actually take the time to feel good. You’ll find yourself drifting with the tide – the ups, downs, and all-arounds of a life well-lived and well-loved.įrom start to finish you float along a reflective river, dancing in the private Studio 54 of your living room, decked out in sequins or nothing at all. On her debut, Sleepless Dreamer, the folk-soaked, pedal steel tinged sound felt like a familiar friend knocking on your door. ![]() Like a modern day Alice in Wonderland, Pearl beckons you to slip and fall into her world. By inviting you to take a peek into her own Magic Mirror, Charles is offering the chance for you to adopt her tales of traversing the emotional potholes and speed ramps that growing and loving can offer. Magic Mirror is a looking glass of sorts. Watch the video for ‘Take Your Time’ HERE Speaking of the track Pearl said, “Thoreau once said, ‘Live in each season as it passes breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.’ How much of our lives do we waste living in fear, looking to substances or other people for reassurance that everything is going to be ok? ‘Take Your Time’ suggests we all slow down, look around and let the rhythm of the natural world be our guide. ![]() One of the US’ finest rising stars, Pearl Charles, has revealed ‘Take Your Time’, the second track to be taken from her stunning new album, ‘Magic Mirror’, out on Kanine Records on 15 th January 2021. “Bursting with blues-rock and blissed-out psychedelia.” – PITCHFORK “As if Tom Petty were riding shotgun, Charles and band capture a certain Southern California essence.”– LA TIMES “A movingly pragmatic distinction between desire and self-respect set to pedal steel.” – The Guardian ![]()
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