Charley
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Charley, the Australian pop chanteuse with 7 million combined streams and a slew of singles under her rhinestone belt, today releases her highly-anticipated debut EP, TIMEBOMBS – listen here.
The Sydney-based singer songwriter collaborated with writers in LA, Nashville, and Sweden to pen an EP’s worth of pop anthems, but she also fell in love twice. Throughout TIMEBOMBS, we listen on as Charley jumps in, out, and then back in to love with the same confidence and naivety she exhibits in her real-life relationships. Crack the glossy sheen of her high energy pop and you’ll find a deeper vulnerability and sensitivity lurking below the below the surface as she invites listeners into her world.
At its core, TIMEBOMBS is a collection of contemporary pop anthems about good old-fashioned heartbreak. Synth-soaked and power-polished, Charley croons and swoons her way through six sparkle-sad songs about everything from her bad taste in girls, to bidding goodbye to a heartbreaker masquerading as a man. On title track ‘Timebomb’, she sings, “And every time that you kiss me means you’re closer to leaving / Every second that’s gone is one second less ‘til our ticking time bomb.”
Writing and recording this EP, Charley widened her sound scope to explore “a lot more 80s stuff”, as well as crediting the angsty anthems of Paramore and the new sound of Charlie Puth—”I think when I heard that sound going around, I thought, I wanna mess with that too.” For EP closer, the country-inspired ‘Stupid Thing to Say’, we owe Maron Morris and Noah Cyrus our thanks.
Charley’s travelled to Nashville, Sweden and Los Angeles to collaborate with international writers, made her live debut supporting artists such as Stephen Sanchez, CXLOE, MAY-A and Rebecca Black, performed at events including Isol-Aid Festival, and had her debut single – ‘Hard For Me’ – attract attention on streaming, radio and online, including coveted support from Spotify, Apple Music, Side Note, NME, Pilerats, Life Without Andy and more. Most recently Charley has been awarded the AMPAL Emerging Songwriter Prize in the APRA AMCOS 2022 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.
CHARLEY IS SUPPORTING G-FLIP IN SEPTEMBER
September 7 – Enmore Theatre – Sydney (supporting G-Flip)
September 8 – Enmore Theatre – Sydney (supporting G-Flip)
September 9 – Bar On The Hill – Newcastle (supporting G-Flip)