Guppy
One of the more prevalent trends in \'10s indie rock is the resurgence of stuff that sounds like it came out in the ‘90s. Into this fray steps Charly Bliss, a playful fuzz-pop band whose first full-length nails the balance between tough and tender, smart and achingly bittersweet. “I cry all the time,” Eva Hendricks sings on the album-opening “Percolator,” her voice cracking like a lost Deal sister. “I think it’s cool I’m in touch with my feelings.”
The New York band breathes life into the poppier side of ’90s indie rock, and their debut is both wry and sincere in its expression of the endless crap conveyor belt that is life and love as a girl.
There’s a reason we form our closest affinities with rock and pop music during our youth. There’s something ineffably adolescent about our connections to our favorite musical artists. We may grow out of certain bands, genres, and even styles of art altogether, but the music we bond with at a young age rarely becomes a…
Discover Guppy by Charly Bliss released in 2017. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Brooklyn-based quartet Charly Bliss — with Eva Hendricks on vocals and guitar, brother Sam Hendricks on drums, Dan Shure on bass and Spencer...
'Guppy' by Charly Bliss, album review by Owen Maxwell, the full-length comes out on April 21st via Barsuk records. Charly Bliss plays 4/26 in Richmond, VA.
Spiky Brooklyn punk outfit Charly Bliss knows a thing or two about mirrors.