Singer/songwriter Pearl Charles has a knack for writing melodic, low-key indie pop with a jangling country tone. After coming up through the Los Angeles lo-fi and garage scenes, she made her full-length debut in 2018 with Sleepless Dreamer, a finely crafted slice of warm country-pop. She followed it up three years later with Magic Mirror.

A lifelong musician, the L.A. native first gained exposure as one-half of lo-fi Americana duo the Driftwood Singers, who released a pair of EPs and one full-length in 2012. A stint playing drums for garage pop act the Blank Tapes introduced her to the crew at Burger Records, who offered to release her first solo effort, a 2015 self-titled EP. The raw '60s-inspired garage and light psych-pop of that first release soon gave way to the more polished pop and country-rock of 2018's Sleepless Dreamer, Charles' debut album and first for Brooklyn indie Kanine Records. More focused and detailed than her earlier efforts, its mellow vibes belied the increasingly sharp songcraft of its creator. Charles continued to hone this sound on her sophomore LP, 2021's Magic Mirror, which introduced light disco elements into the mix. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi