"Charlotte Sometimes" by Charlotte Sometimes

Often dark, but mostly engaging, Charlotte Sometimes is a wonderful pop enigma. She's the kind of songwriter that defies convention in favor of honesty, but she manages to have a ball in her defiance. As she croons, "How I Could Just Kill A Man," you can see the smirk on her pretty face widen. She's too smart for a cover, so she just jacks one line in said song. Over the course of her eponymous three-song debut EP, Charlotte channels early Fiona Apple through a Dresden Dolls-style theatrical delivery. In a word, brilliant! "Waves and the Both of Us" tells the explicit story of a rather vivid summer tryst through a captivating melody and soaring vocals. Meanwhile, "Sweet Valium High" might as well be musical opium as chemically beautiful lyrics sail over woozy, synth flourishes. Charlotte's blunt, and sometimes profane, but that often comes with creating something sacred. Besides, how many young female songwriters have the balls to bite Cypress Hill's style while singing about
	Published: 2008-03-18 Provider: Artist Direct