Pearl Charles Drops Her Peyote-Induced New Single ‘Does This Song Sound Familiar?’
Out Now
Plays The Long Road Festival – Aug 24th
October UK Headline Tour including London’s Omeara – Oct 10th
“A movingly pragmatic distinction between desire and self-respect set to pedal steel.” – THE GUARDIAN
“Razor-sharp lyrics, confiding, crystalline vocals and nods to classic country rock & soft pop, with
results that are ensnaring & bewitching” – SUNDAY TIMES
“Modern-day reflections on disco euphoria and Canyon contemplation.” – UNCUT
“Bursting with blues-rock and blissed-out psychedelia.” – PITCHFORK
One of the US’ finest rising artists Pearl Charles today drops her enchanting new single ‘Does This Song Sound Familiar?’ – listen here. The track follows her recent, fantastic, trippy offering ‘Smoke In The Limousine’.
‘Does This Song Sound Familiar?’ – an exploding serving of sun-soaked, upbeat joy right from the heart of the Mojave Desert – arrives ahead of Pearl’s forthcoming set at The Long Road Festival on Aug 24th, and comes with the announcement of an October UK headline tour, which will see shows in four major UK cities, including her biggest UK headline show to date on October 10th at London’s Omeara.
Of the new track, Pearl explains; “On a hot summer night, sitting alone as the sun went down in its usual spectacular desert fashion, Does This Song Sound Familiar? was born on a gust of Santa Ana wind. Like the same mirages and hallucinogenic visions that have been conjured so many times before in the Mojave Desert I call home, the music and lyrics floated in like peyote-induced psilocybin dream encounters with the deeper levels of my own psyche. This quintessentially desert song explores life, identity, reincarnation and alternate dimensions, likening “the song” to the cycle of life and positing that perhaps we have all been here before, and that we will be here again.”
2021 saw the release of Pearl’s highly acclaimed album Magic Mirror, which drew high praise from the likes of The Guardian, Sunday Times, Uncut, Pitchfork and saw single ‘Givin’ It Up’ light up the airwaves on BBC 6 Music.
Pearl has been playing music since she was five years old. At 18, she formed country duo The Driftwood Singers with Christian Lee Hutson, singing and playing guitar and autoharp. 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 2018 on Kanine Records. She has headlined national and international dates as well as shared the stage with contemporaries Weyes Blood, Best Coast, Sunflower Bean, Mac Demarco, Conor Oberst, The Teskey Brothers etc, as well as festival plays like ACL, Pickathon and Desert Daze.
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. Drawn to catchy, poppy hooks and choruses, Pearl draws on what she loves about each era while developing her unique style and voice as a musician, singer, and songwriter.
Tickets for Pearl’s headline tour are available HERE.
August
24th LUTTERWORTH, The Long Road Festival (Loose Music Stage)
31st GLASGOW, Last Night (In-Store)
October
5th GLASGOW, King Tuts
6th BRISTOL Thekla
8th MANCHESTER, Deaf Institute
10th LONDON, Omeara