Scare U - Charly Bliss
One of my favorite bands at the moment, Charly Bliss, released the music video for their song "Scare U" off their acclaimed, and dope album, Guppy. Like the videos for "DQ," "Blackhole," "Percolator," "Westermarck," and "Ruby," "Scare U's" video is a silly and fun video that epitomizes the energized, upbeat, and authentic nature that Charly Bliss is equated to. However, because it's almost Halloween, the members of Charly Bliss incorporated a spooky element to the video with the plot going along the lines of a new member of the fast-food restaurant "Pappy's" discovering a dark secret about where the meat comes from and her fellow employees involvement OOOOOOOOOOOO (apparently it's a Buffy the Vampire homage?). Although "Guppy" did come out this past April, the video for "Scare U" debuted on October 13th, (so I have reason to post this) and hopefully at this rate, there will be more music videos to come-fingers crossed for every song on "Guppy."
The song in question, "Scare U" is another ebullient and pop-y song in the canon of Charly Bliss. Eva Hendricks quick high notes, her brother Sam's consistent beat, Spencer Fox's melodic bass play and Dan Shure's messy but uplifting solos make you rock your head side-to-side and make you want to dance like you're part of Charley Brown's crew (maybe that's where "Charly" comes from...). What really stamps a Charly Bliss label on a song is the hook, because at the end of the day, Charly Bliss is a pop-rock band (but cooler than the title of the genre would presume). The melodies make Charly Bliss so likable and gets your feet tapping, which all center around the hook "I don't want to scare u," accompanied by the heavy and aggressive strumming. In my opinion, "Scare U" is one of the more pop-y songs that Charly Bliss has put together, as all that is really said is the notion or idea that lead singer Eva Hendricks doesn't want to scare you with her crazy ramblings.
Normally, especially in such song such as "Percolator," the lyrics express the confidence and empowerment that Eva Hendricks feels in her skin and as a woman. She does not and should not feel embarrassed for truths or experiences; "I'm not scared to lick the floor/'cause I've sucked on something worse," or "Don't you know I aim to please/I'm everybody's favorite tease!" You get the feeling that being comfortable in your own skin, and living without judging yourself is the main context of this song and is an admirable theme to profess, which to me dilutes the pop connotation along with other instrumental implications that is synonymous with "pop" but that's something I can dive into another time.
"Scare U," is a lot of nonsense but with grand imagery such as "all I eat is bread and cheese/Pink elf, bleed the sheets," or "Sticky forehead, gummy skin/Sad sack smell of weed," which is much like the idea of pop songs, expressing images rather than context, which is quite apparent with such syntax. However, it is important to note the meta-narrative when Eva Hendricks sings "I wanna sell you on it, but I don't know what I mean," which give a hint of brilliance to the song that Hendricks knows none of this makes much sense and that she wants to tell or articulate what she's saying but all that comes up are these random images.
In my opinion, not many bands are producing material like Charly Bliss. Authentic, expressive music while also being extremely enjoyable and catchy, the only other band that I see doing this, that comes to mind, is Diet Cig. I highly highly highly recommend checking out more of Charly Bliss's collection not only from Guppy but from their 2014 ep, Soft Serve, which is also a treat(puns).
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