Pearl Charles | |
Origin: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Birth Date: | 1991 5, mf=yes[1] |
Instruments: | Vocals, guitar, drums |
Years Active: | 2012–present |
Label: | Kanine, Burger |
Associated Acts: | Lana Del Rey, Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst, Jonathan Tyler[2] The Growlers, Father John Misty, and Thee Oh Sees.[3] |
Past Member Of: | The Blank Tapes |
Pearl Charles (born May 11, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her sound is a melding of 1960s rock and 1970s cosmic country.[4]
Pearl Charles earned a BFA in music from CalArts.[5]
Pearl Charles got her start as a musician at age 18 in a country duo called the Driftwood Singers, with Christian Lee Hutson. She then went on to join a garage rock band called the Blank Tapes as drummer.[1]
Charles began a solo project in 2012, and released her first solo record, a 2015 self-titled EP on Burger Records.[6]
According to Billboard, Charles is a genre-blending artist in the style of Lana Del Rey and Jenny Lewis, with "subdued vocals and more uptempo, playful production".[7]
Kanine Records released her full-length debut album, titled Sleepless Dreamer, in 2018.[8]
Pearl is the daughter of Larry Charles.[9]
Studio albums[10]
Singles and EPs[11]