{"id":78605,"date":"2019-05-09T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78605"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:20:09","slug":"review-charly-bliss-young-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-charly-bliss-young-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Charly Bliss \u2013 Young Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-78607 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Charly-Bliss-Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">It isn\u2019t easy putting a label on your sound. Not when you do something different. <strong>Charly Bliss<\/strong> call their music \u2018bubble-grunge\u2019 and no one is going to disagree. It\u2019s a mix of grubby indie guitar rock and Cyndi Lauper-esque vocals. \u00a0Both rough-edged and sweet, their songs are a tug-of-war between the two. New album \u2018<em>Young Enough<\/em>\u2019 sees the band pull toward the sweeter side. It\u2019s a poppier sound with a wicked streak.<\/p>\n<p>Unwilling to make a carbon copy of their debut album \u2018<em>Guppy<\/em>\u2019, this time the band puts more emphasis on the unusual. You might still hear The Strokes in their guitar stylings on songs such as \u2018<em>Under You<\/em>\u2019 but, for the most part, the album is built around twinkly keyboard sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Chiccarelli handles production and helps them slip comfortably into this new skin, keeping everything well-rounded while enhancing the band\u2019s strengths. For example, \u2018<em>Blown to Bits<\/em>\u2019 sounds like someone is leaning on an organ, but underneath it subtly becomes a powerful pop song. You hardly notice as vocal hooks bleed in. It\u2019s both clever and catchy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Charly Bliss - Hard To Believe [Official Music Video]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eQZdBVgkYCg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How much you enjoy <strong>Charly Bliss<\/strong> pivots on your tolerance for the quirky. Eva Hendricks sings in a high, girly voice. No matter if she\u2019s giving a strong political\/social message or crooning on the charming \u2018<em>Camera<\/em>\u2019, it really stands out. For the most part, it\u2019s very effective but can grate if you\u2019re not completely on board. Nowhere more so than \u2018<em>Bleach<\/em>\u2019 where it mixes with the bright 1980\u2019s organ and the effect is like eating too much birthday cake. With its slightly gated snappy drum sound, \u2018<em>Chatroom<\/em>\u2019 shares the synth-pop vibe and comes across like a line-dancing classic. Thankfully with Dan Shure\u2019s big scuzzy bass reigning in the saccharine overtones, most of the album avoids being so sickly sweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Young Enough<\/em>\u2019 is a hit for the band. They confidently integrate new elements, retain their clever lyricism and push their songwriting, but it might be too sugary for some.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Young Enough<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Charly Bliss<\/strong> is released on 10th May on <strong>Lucky Number<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charly Bliss<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/charlybliss.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CharlyBliss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlybliss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charlybliss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/charlybliss.bandcamp.com\/album\/young-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Charly Bliss confidently integrate new elements, retain their clever lyricism and push their songwriting&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":78607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[16909,15621,16911,2500,16910],"class_list":["post-78605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-charly-bliss","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-lucky-number","tag-review","tag-young-enough"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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