Charlie Hickey & MUNA – Seeing Things

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Der einundzwanzigjährige Künstler Charlie Hickey aus Pasadena veröffentlichte Anfang des Jahres seine bemerkenswerte, von Marshall Vore produzierte Debüt-EP Count The Stairs, die von Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Pitchfork, The FADER, Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum, Paste und anderen gelobt wurde. Seit dem 12. November gibt es nun auch seine neue EP in physischer Form – seinem neuen Label Saddest Factory Records sei Dank.

Über das Signing sagt Phoebe Bridgers: „Charlie unter Vertrag nehmen zu können, ist einer der Gründe, warum ich ein Label gegründet habe.“ Um die Ankündigung vor ein paar Wochen zu feiern, veröffentlicht Charlie Hickey eine neu interpretierte Version der „Count The Stairs“-Single Seeing Things mit Hilfe seiner neuen Label-Kolleginnen MUNA.

„We love Charlie and are so happy we had the chance to put our little spin on Seeing Things,” sagen MUNA über die Zusammenarbeit. „We met Charlie years ago after he covered our song Taken. Katie and him connected over having a lot of the same neuroses and his writing really spoke to all of us – especially this song. We spent some time with the track and then had a fun day at Marshall’s studio recording these vocals together. We were trying to channel POSTAL SERVICE energy… taking these heartbreaking lyrics and just putting a really uptempo beat behind it that you can dance to under an overpass.”

Charlie Hickey fügt hinzu: „MUNA is my favorite band. Their songs are like a best friend who you can laugh with, dance with, cry with and do everything with. Listening to them makes me feel like the world is beautiful and like I’m not alone. I’ve been a super fan since way before I had ever known them and to hear them interpret this song was one of the coolest and most surreal feelings ever. They put so much love and care into it and truly expanded on what the song means to me.“