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Issue 73 Also Features Interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, and More
Sep 06, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 73, which features Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya on the two covers. Issue 73 also features interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, Goat Girl, Hana Vu, and others. More
Plus Wild Pink, Katy J Pearson, Charly Bliss, MEMORIALS, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, as at the end of last week I was on a mini vacation after finishing up our new print issue. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 15. More
FOREVER Due Out This Friday via Lucky Number
Aug 13, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Charly Bliss are releasing a new album, FOREVER, this Friday via Lucky Number. Now they have shared its fourth single, “Back There Now,” via a music video. It’s the album’s last pre-release single. More
Plus MEMORIALS, W.H. Lung, Laura Marling, Charly Bliss, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 12, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, owing to last week being the July 4th holiday weekend. More
FOREVER Due Out August 16 via Lucky Number
Jul 09, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Charly Bliss are releasing a new album, FOREVER, on August 16 via Lucky Number. Now they have shared its third single, “Waiting For You,” via a music video. More
Plus DIIV, Chinese American Bear, La Luz, Charly Bliss, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 31, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Memorial Day long weekend, so this list covers the best songs released in the last two weeks. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 30 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More
FOREVER Due Out August 16 via Lucky Number
May 30, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Charly Bliss are releasing a new album, FOREVER, on August 16 via Lucky Number. Now they have shared its second single, “Calling You Out,” via a music video. They have also announced some tour dates for this fall. More
Plus Lionlimb, Why Bonnie, Jon Hopkins, Font, La Luz, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 03, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
FOREVER Due Out August 16 via Lucky Number
May 01, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Charly Bliss have announced a new album, FOREVER, and shared its first single, “Nineteen,” via a music video. More
Plus Future Islands, Charly Bliss, Girl Ray, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 27, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scott Dransfield, all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More
New Single Out Now via Lucky Number
Oct 24, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Charly Bliss have shared a new song, “I Need a New Boyfriend,” via an amusing music video. They have also launched a dating site of sorts so that their fans can find a new boyfriend (or girlfriend). More
First New Music Since 2019
Jun 21, 2023
By Kat Ramkumar
New York indie pop group, Charly Bliss, reenter the music scene after a four year hiatus with a music video for their latest single, “You Don’t Even Know Me Anymore.” More
Plus Julia Jacklin, The Besnard Lakes, Anna Burch, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 18, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 45th and likely very last Songs of the Week of 2020. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because there weren’t quite enough inspiring songs to put together a full list, so this week’s list covers the last two weeks, but we still only came up with nine choices rather than a Top 10. More
Watch the Socially Distanced Video for the Song
Dec 17, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Charly Bliss have joined forces with Toronto band PUP for a new and currently relevant holiday song, “It’s Christmas and I Fucking Miss You.” The video for the song features socially distanced footage of individual band members from a plethora of sources, including Zoom meetings and phone footage. More
Supermoon EP Out Now via Barsuk
Oct 30, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, back in May via Barsuk. It was our Album of the Week and you can stream it here. Now they have surprise released a new EP, Supermoon, featuring five new songs recorded during the sessions for Young Enough. More
Young Enough Out Now via Barsuk
Oct 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, back in May via Barsuk. Now they have stopped by NPR Music to perform three songs as part of their Tiny Desk Concert series and they were accompanied by a string section. More
Young Enough Out Now via Barsuk
Jun 12, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, last month via Barsuk. It was our Album of the Week and you can stream it here. Now they have shared a video for the album’s title track, “Young Enough.” More
HÆLOS and Clinic Are Runner-ups (Plus Stream New Albums from Mac DeMarco, Maps, The Get Up Kids, and More)
May 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, today via Barsuk and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below, as well as on two runner-ups that were almost our Album of the Week. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today. More
Plus Flying Lotus, Africa Express, Alex Cameron, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
May 10, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We worried we were going to be able to come up with a Top 8 this week, but a couple of album tracks were able to round out the list.
Young Enough Out Now via Barsuk
May 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss have released a new album, Young Enough, today via Barsuk. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Today we posted our rave review of Young Enough and you can read that as well. More
Plus Tame Impala, Amason, Wand, Clinic, Mark Ronson and Lykke Li, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 12, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We were a bit indecisive this week. There were lots of new tracks to sort through and lots of good ones, but none that immediately screamed #1 Song of the Week. But then we realized there was actually a clear winner after-all. More
Young Enough Due Out May 10 via Barsuk
Apr 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss are releasing a new album, Young Enough, on May 10 via Barsuk. Now they have shared another new song from the album, “Hard to Believe,” via a video for it. More
Plus Vampire Weekend, Strand of Oaks, Glen Hansard, Local Natives, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 08, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
We’ve got another supersized Songs of the Week this week, with a Top 12 instead of the regular Top 10. Like last week we could’ve gotten it down to 10, but it felt wrong to leave out the bottom two. It was a near tie for the top two songs this week. More
Young Enough Due Out May 10 via Barsuk
Mar 06, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss are releasing a new album, Young Enough, on May 10 via Barsuk. Now they have shared another new song from the album, “Chatroom,” via a video for it that stars frontwoman Eva Hendricks as the member of a cult. More
Plus The Love Language, Foxygen, These New Puritans, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 08, 2019
By Mark Redfern
This week’s Songs of the Week was almost just a Top 8. However two fun, but seriously inessential, songs from the Lego Movie 2 soundtrack skated in at the bottom of the list. Veteran Scottish rockers Idlewild surprised us with an interesting new song, even though we admittedly haven’t paid much attention to their last few albums. More
Young Enough Due Out May 10 via Barsuk; Video Directed by Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast)
Feb 08, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss have announced a new album, Young Enough, and shared a video for its first single, “Capacity.” Young Enough is due out May 10 via Barsuk. Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast) directed the “Capacity” video, which was shot by Adam Kolodny. Watch it below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as their upcoming tour dates. More
Reviews
Aug 16, 2024
By Caleb Campbell
Charly Bliss seem destined to be one of those bands whose new music is constantly compared to their debut. More
Dec 02, 2019
By Christopher Thiessen
Earlier this year, Charly Bliss’ sophomore record Young Enough delivered a polished, near-perfect makeover of the sweet and rowdy power pop Eva Hendricks and co. debuted just two years ago. More
May 10, 2019
By Michael James Hall
With 2017’s debut album, Guppy, boasting indie disco floor-filler “Ruby,” New York City’s Charly Bliss reintroduced the pop tunes to post-grunge with great and widely praised effect. A brief and brisk album, bristling with scratchy guitar and thundering drum parts, it introduced the world to Eva Hendricks’ honeyed vocals and contrastingly caustic worldview. More
