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Charly Bliss' "Threat" rounds out a handful of outtakes from their recent "Young Enough" album.

Five new songs you should listen to right now: 11/12/19

By Will Gorman | November 12, 2019

Charly Bliss – “Threat” Brooklyn-born band Charly Bliss followed up their critically acclaimed LP “Young Enough” with “Supermoon,” a five-track EP bridging the gap between “Young Enough” and their 2017 album “Guppy.” Rounding out “Supermoon” is the succinctly-written, sweetly-sung “Threat,” a three-minute ode to instability in relationships. Lead singer Eva Hendricks sings precariously of how she “can forgive anything [and] it’s absolutely terrifying,” and with her brother, Miami University alum Sam Hendricks, on drums, the song maintains its sense of authority and power the whole way through. 

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By | February 13, 2018

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By | November 22, 2017

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By | October 24, 2017

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By | October 3, 2017

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By Erin Glynn | April 25, 2017

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