Hope Is A Drug

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He is the recipient of two BRIT Awards, has performed to sold out arenas and headlined festivals across the UK. It’s fascinating how the human psychehas the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity. Featuring the singles ‘I See You’, ‘Blameless’, ‘One Of Us’ and ‘All the Best’, the record serves as the follow up to 2015’s ‘Little Hands’ and arrives a mere few months after the runaway success of Simpson’s sold out show at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum last November, where he debuted some of the albums material, live for the first time. Hot on the heels of a sold out show at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, Charlie is delighted to announce a brand new solo album ‘Hope Is A Drug’.

Hope Is a Drug is preceded by the singles “I See You,” “Blameless,” “One of Us,” and “All the Best”. All tickets will remain valid and of course if the the new dates no longer work for you, you will be entitled to a full refund. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The fourth studio album by Charlie Simpson, the record was announced on November 16, 2021, along with its tour. We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres. The majority of the album was self-produced at Charlie’s own recording studio, built from scratch during the global lockdown. Differing from his previous artistry of anything acoustic, he wanted to "make a more intimate sounding record" and "explore the different ranges of my voice, you know, get to do a bit more than falsetto stuff". It's fascinating how the human psyche has the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity.

The arrangement and production is a little different to the previous releases, which were somewhat retro in style, with a bit of a 70s vibe. His sound has evolved slightly but still very much recognisable from his previous three solo albums. K. and Ireland next month playing a string of live shows up and down the country, in cities including Leeds, Norwich, Birmingham, Brighton and London, before wrapping up in Dublin at The Green Room on Sunday, May 29th.

As other reviewers have mentioned, the songs on this album are another set of classic Charlie Simpson tunes. With intimate ballads such as ‘I See You’ and uptempo pop songs such as ‘Blameless’ and the upcoming ‘All The Best’, the album showcases an artist confidently pushing the boundaries of a remarkable 20 year career. The majority of the album was self-produced at Charlie's own recording studio, built from scratch during the global lockdown. In an exclusive interview with NME, he revealed that he "started writing it in 2019" and wanted to be "more stripped-back and showed my more vulnerable side".

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Don't do what I did and drink two glasses of red wine before listening to the album, because it will have you in tears. The new album will now be released on April 15th, and as with all touring cycles, naturally I want you to have the new album before my upcoming shows, so the tour has been pushed back to May, with the exception of both London shows remaining on April 18 and 19. Due to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased.

And although they convey a sense of sadness and regret in places, ultimately they are utterly uplifting and heartwarming. It’s fascinating how the human psyche has the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity. With intimate ballads such as 'I See You' and uptempo pop songs such as 'Blameless' and 'All the Best', the album showcases an artist confidently pushing the boundaries of a remarkable 20 year career. Hailing from Suffolk, Charlie Simpson began his musical career in 2001, gaining commercial and critical success with Busted and Fightstar before going solo.