Charlotte Sometimes (musician)
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Jessica Charlotte Poland (born January 15, 1988), better known by the stage name
Charlotte Sometimes, is an American
singer-songwriter
based out of New York
and currently signed to Geffen Records
. Her debut album was released on May 6, 2008 and is titled Waves and the Both of Us
. She grew up in Wall Township, New Jersey
and started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 14. On May 14, 2010 she self-released the EP Sideways.
She got her stage name from a children’s book, Charlotte Sometimes, written in 1969 by Penelope Farmer, about a boarding school student who finds herself transported 40 years into the past, into the place of another girl.
After signing with Crush Management in Manhattan in 2004, she became the subject of an ElleGirl magazine profile. During this period, she was often trailed by a writer and photographer. It was also between 2004 and 2008 that she developed idiopathic condylar resorption.
Charlotte's first album, Waves and the Both of Us
was released in May 2008. That year, she performed the entire 2008 Warped Tour
. Her song, How I Could Just Kill A Man was featured on the Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation
.
On May 14, 2010, she self-released a free EP titled Sideways.
Poland stated on her blog that she's working on material for a second album due for release in 2011. She has been updating through twitter her several endeavors to the studio and listening to the new music she's made and plans on releasing in the summer.
Poland has confirmed that a new EP is due out August 30, 2011
Stage name
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Charlotte Sometimes, is an American
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
based out of New York
New York
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and currently signed to Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
. Her debut album was released on May 6, 2008 and is titled Waves and the Both of Us
Waves and the Both of Us
Waves and the Both of Us is the debut album by Charlotte Sometimes. It was released on May 6, 2008.-Track listing:#"Losing Sleep" – 3:50#How I Could Just Kill a Man – 2:53#"Waves and the Both of Us" – 3:36#"Sweet Valium High" – 2:40...
. She grew up in Wall Township, New Jersey
Wall Township, New Jersey
Wall Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 26,164.Wall Township was formally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1851...
and started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 14. On May 14, 2010 she self-released the EP Sideways.
Biography
Charlotte was adopted by her parents, Hartson and Tracy Poland, as a baby. She was introduced to her birth mother at age 13. She has lived in Wall Township all her life.She got her stage name from a children’s book, Charlotte Sometimes, written in 1969 by Penelope Farmer, about a boarding school student who finds herself transported 40 years into the past, into the place of another girl.
Career
Charlotte began playing with her five-man band (J. Poland And The Pilots) in early 2006 for people in and around the New Brunswick, NJ area, eventually playing in New York and other larger venues, opening for artists like Pat Monahan. The band also self-released an album titled "I Promise This Won't Be Released", which was produced by producer/songwriter, Alex Houton, who produced much of Charlotte's early work and co-wrote and produced, and contributed guitar work to her eventual major label, debut album. However, drummer Ricky Joyce, keyboardist Will Macirowski, and guitarist Cory Pula-Bowers are not present on the album. The only musicians from the Pilots on the album are Poland and bassist Mike Basmagy.After signing with Crush Management in Manhattan in 2004, she became the subject of an ElleGirl magazine profile. During this period, she was often trailed by a writer and photographer. It was also between 2004 and 2008 that she developed idiopathic condylar resorption.
Charlotte's first album, Waves and the Both of Us
Waves and the Both of Us
Waves and the Both of Us is the debut album by Charlotte Sometimes. It was released on May 6, 2008.-Track listing:#"Losing Sleep" – 3:50#How I Could Just Kill a Man – 2:53#"Waves and the Both of Us" – 3:36#"Sweet Valium High" – 2:40...
was released in May 2008. That year, she performed the entire 2008 Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
. Her song, How I Could Just Kill A Man was featured on the Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation
Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation
The Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation is the thirteenth installment in the annual compilation series accompanying the Warped Tour. The cover is a photograph of Underoath singer Spencer Chamberlain. The 2008 Warped Tour Compilation was produced by Jon Pebsworth and Mike Pelak.- Track listing :...
.
On May 14, 2010, she self-released a free EP titled Sideways.
Poland stated on her blog that she's working on material for a second album due for release in 2011. She has been updating through twitter her several endeavors to the studio and listening to the new music she's made and plans on releasing in the summer.
Poland has confirmed that a new EP is due out August 30, 2011
Line-up
- Charlotte Sometimes (Jessica Poland) – Lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, songwriting - Coley O'Toole– KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Spencer Peterson – DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- PJ Bond – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Shaun Savage – BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Discography
- Charlotte Sometimes (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 2008) - Waves and the Both of UsWaves and the Both of UsWaves and the Both of Us is the debut album by Charlotte Sometimes. It was released on May 6, 2008.-Track listing:#"Losing Sleep" – 3:50#How I Could Just Kill a Man – 2:53#"Waves and the Both of Us" – 3:36#"Sweet Valium High" – 2:40...
(Studio AlbumStudio albumA studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, 2008) - Sideways - EP (Self-Released, 2010)
- The Wait - EP (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 2011)