Pearl Charles
Magic Mirror
Release Date: Jan 15, 2021
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Country-Pop
Record label: Kanine Records
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Album Review: Magic Mirror by Pearl Charles
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
In a pleasing tangle of sun-warmed melodies and 1970s influences, Pearl Charles strikes a confident, if laid-back tone on Magic Mirror, her sophomore album. The Los Angeles native has been bubbling under the radar for nearly a decade, trying her hand in a variety of indie subsets from lo-fi Americana to garage and psychedelia before landing on a more polished amalgam of vintage-flavored country-pop and West Coast soft rock. Her 2018 debut, Sleepless Dreamer, showed plenty of promise and laid the framework for the more fully realized sound she achieves here.
Based on rating 8/10
Pearl Charles may have released Magic Mirror in January, but it's far from being a wintery album with a drab tone. The singer-songwriter's second LP is a blissful journey of cosmic country, disco and poppy psych rock that dances its way into the new year. Magic Mirror is a young woman's trip through a whirlwind of self-reflection and self-discovery. Charles has doubled down on her unique sound of '60s- and '70s-inspired country-disco since the release of her debut album, Sleepless Dreamer, and since her time performing in country duo the Driftwood Singers.
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