Upcoming artist Charles Fauna presents sinking feelings, surging hooks, sparse moments that haunt and swell to impossibly lush soundscapes. For Charles Fauna, opposites attract, and it is somewhere in between the magnetic pull of dark and light where his unique brand of alternative pop makes its home. The Los Angeles / Brooklyn-based artist, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist achieves his characteristically sprawling sound almost entirely on his own, all from within the confines of his bedroom studio. At 18 he moved to New York to attend NYU, his music relegated to his dorm room, where he would record demos in private. After graduation, he found himself surrounded by a tight-knit community of musicians in Brooklyn, and finally decided it was time to release his own music. The teenage Charles Fauna would hardly recognize the artist he is today. His music has garnered millions of streams, praise from a number of press outlets including Billboard, Noisey, Earmilk, and NYLON, and a stint at SXSW. The honesty that once unnerved him has become the driving force behind his songwriting. And the heights that once seemed out of reach for the budding artist are firmly within his grasp. Now, with his upcoming new EP, Fauna is ushering his most personal collection of songs to date into the world. Following the release of his newest single “Diner”, he projects a soothing sound that will certainly captivate your ears. Starting with dreamy instrumentation leading onto his bright and luscious vocals he completes the track entirely. Explaining a bit further it’s about a teenage girl whose mother is absent. Her father was always reluctant to have children, only really doing so for the mother. So when the mom is out of the picture the father withdraws from the daughter. He can’t look at her without being reminded of the wife that he will never have again. The girl is left alone in her pain because of her father’s behavior. She decides that if her birth family won’t be there for her, that she must venture forth to create a new family of her own. The open choruses of this song are meant to soundtrack her driving away from that childhood home, pedal to the metal, heartbroken yet for the first time in her life – truly free. To the vocals and production, this song touches on a very touching topic that I’m sure many could relate to, sometimes flying away and doing your own thing is sometimes the best you can do. It would be just great for a late-night drive or alone within your thoughts. Go stream “Diner” and check out his discography which is filled with outstanding tracks.
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