Charlotte Sometimes (musician)

Charlotte Sometimes
Background information
Born	January 15, 1988 (1988-01-15) (age 23)
Origin	Wall Township, New Jersey, USA
Genres	Pop Indie pop Alternative rock
Occupations	Singer, Musician, Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	2007 – present
Labels	Geffen
Website	www.charlottesometimesmusic.com
Members
Charlotte Sometimes (Jessica Poland) Coley O'Toole Spencer Peterson PJ Bond Shaun Savage

Jessica Charlotte Poland^[1] (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.

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 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

Line-up

• Charlotte Sometimes (Jessica Poland) – Lead vocals, guitar, songwriting
• Coley O'Toole– Keyboards, backing vocals
• Spencer Peterson – Drums
• PJ Bond – Guitar
• Shaun Savage – Bass

Discography

• Charlotte Sometimes (EP, 2008)
• Waves and the Both of Us (Studio Album, 2008)
• Sideways - EP (Self-Released, 2010)
• The Wait - EP (EP, 2011)

References

1. ^ "Charlotte Sometimes at SXSW". March 15, 2008. ELLEgirl. Retrieved on July 12, 2008.

• Personal bio
• "It’s the Lipstick That Draws Attention, and the Name Helps Too." By Tammy La Gorce. New York Times. Mar 16, 2008.
• "AP Recommends: Charlotte Sometimes." By Rob Ortenzi. AP Magazine. Aug 7, 2008.
• "Charlotte Sometimes strikes balance between powerful and passive." By Laura Leebove. Venus Magainine. May 7, 2008

Notes

1. ^ "Charlotte Sometimes at SXSW". March 15, 2008. ELLEgirl. Retrieved on July 12, 2008.

External links

• Official website
• Charlotte Sometimes's blog

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