Charlotte Rose Benjamin - Party City Solo EP tracklist:
01. “Autopilot” - Acoustic
02. “Cursed” - Acoustic
03. “Party City” - Acoustic
Today, NYC singer-songwriter Charlotte Rose Benjamin releases her new Party City Solo EP HERE - an acoustic addendum to her debut Party City EP HERE, which also came out earlier this year via Neon Gold Records / Moshi Moshi.
Charlotte Rose says: "I spent most of my time during the lockdown at my parents house on Martha’s Vineyard where I grew up. All I’ve wanted to do is watch movies I’ve already seen before and listen to songs I already know all the words to. It’s like comfort food. It’s been cool to revisit songs from the EP in the same way. I wrote these songs alone, and I’ve played them more on stage by myself than with a full band. In a lot of ways they sound more familiar to me this way. There’s an element of loneliness in everything I write, and I think that really comes through when the melodies are laid bare like this."
Charlotte, who is performing background vocals on Gus Dapperton’s forthcoming album ORCA, earlier starred in his videos for the breakout hit “I’m Just Snacking” and “Post Humorous”. Besides this she counts The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne as a fan and is certainly One To Watch.
Earlier on in the pandemic, stuck in isolation, along with the rest of the world, Charlotte set about making a video for “Autopilot” at home, primarily using PhotoBooth - watch it HERE. That cut from her sterling debut Party City EP garnered attention on both sides of the Atlantic with support from CLASH, Huw Stephens and BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Radio X, and Spotify's global New Music Friday.
Charlotte says: "I've always had a hard time controlling my emotional compass and tend to inwardly dwell. I kept having this dream, which I hear is common when living in a tiny New York City apartment, where I discover a whole new room in my home through a door in the closet or someplace unexpected and realize I have so much more space than I ever thought. When I wrote it I was sort of caught between fantasizing about being totally alone, pushing people away and then feeling super lonely and reaching out to anyone I knew who might give me attention. Someone told me to "just go on autopilot" as if there was a switch I could flip somewhere inside me that would make me function normally. I told them I wasn't f***ing flying a plane.
So, making a music video for "Autopilot" alone in a room on Photo Booth during the COVID-19 crisis kinda made sense. I think a lot of people are struggling with feeling desperately lonely right now. Little creative projects like this have been saving me from losing my mind."
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