Charlie Cunningham

London based songwriter Charlie Cunningham returns with his eagerly anticipated third EP Heights on April 8th via Butterfly Collectors (Germany, Switzerland, Austria).

Heights follows Charlie’s acclaimed Breather EP and Outside Things EP (Butterfly Collectors, 2015) and completes his EP trilogy.

 

Heights - the title track and first insight into the EP, is probably Charlie’s most untraditional and complex song to date. Dropping his familiar percussive guitar playing for a dark and beautiful piano piece.

 

Blindfold and Telling In Wrong (previously unveiled via an exceptional filmed session for Mahogany - 135,000 YouTube views to date) are classic continued examples of Charlie’s ability to deliver music and lyrics that are both powerful, delicate and honest.

 

The new EP was recorded between London, Oxford and Essex during Summer 2015.

 

Last year Charlie supported the legendary Rodriguez at the Royal Albert Hall and was asked back to open up his January gigs at the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam. He also played a notable performance at Eurosonic, mentioned by the widely respected French newspaper Le Monde as one of their revelations of the festival.

 

The Line Of Best Fit:

"beautiful, yet honest song-writing with such percussive guitar playing that he truly stands out from the crowd.”

 

The 405:

“It wanders into your head with its charm and likeability but leaves you stunned with how it envelopes you in its warmth.”

 

Clash:

"Charlie Cunningham's music is beginning to spread. On the surface, these are simple, acoustic hymns, but underneath lie more than a few complexities.”

 

Stereogum:

"... steeped in the ethereal solemnity of Jose González with flickers of wrenching emotion akin to Frightened Rabbit.”