Charly Bliss - Forever

Since the release of their debut in 2017, Brooklyn four-piece Charly Bliss have forged an atypical blend of power-pop, one that owes a debt to everything from early ‘90s grunge to bubblegum – largely through vocalist Eva Hendricks’ highly distinctive tone. ‘Forever’, their third studio album and first since 2019, welcomes them all through the distorted, crashing guitars of ‘I Don’t Know Anything’, the unique balladry of ‘Easy To Love You’, and the anthemic pop builds of ‘Here Comes The Darkness’ and ‘Nineteen’, the latter an immediate sister to ‘Young Enough’s brilliant title track and in its soaring nostalgia, easily one of the best tracks the band have released.

Much like their 2019 second record, ‘Forever’ is built on a fragile zeitgeist that embraces themes of love, vulnerability and youth, bounding between joy and a palpable urgency instilled by driving drum patterns over boundless melodies. It’s the next step in Charly Bliss’ compelling coming of age saga that continually embraces the retrospective to create something fresh, exciting and altogether different. With it, ‘Forever’ balances the frivolity of youth with its turbulent realities, all through the sun-kissed lens of the past and the band’s almighty guitar pop sound.