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Aug 21, 2024You might call Forever 2024’s ear worm central.
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Aug 20, 2024FOREVER sees Charly Bliss firmly planting roots for themselves within the pop sphere with a sense of purpose and playful, joyous intention that even well-seasoned pop bands struggle to do.
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Aug 16, 2024Indie bands often dream of writing songs that connect with the larger Top 40 world while still maintaining their own musical and emotional integrity, Few do it this well.
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Aug 15, 2024If on occasion the album could benefit from a little more nuance, for the most part its wide-eyed spirit wins.
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Aug 15, 2024‘Forever’ balances the frivolity of youth with its turbulent realities, all through the sun-kissed lens of the past and the band’s almighty guitar pop sound.
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Aug 21, 2024An album that prizes both goofiness and growth, one that takes the long view of emotional vacillation without sacrificing forward momentum.
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Aug 19, 2024Sure, this is the worst Charly Bliss album, but it’s also the most fun I’ve had with music in a while: it’s an innocent, radiant celebration of life’s lovely parts.
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Aug 16, 2024Charly Bliss are once again here to make indie pop fun, aiming to leave you with both tears in your eyes and a grin on your face. They strike that balance like no other.
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Aug 15, 2024The combination of bright, '80s artifice, '90s cynicism, and 2020s uncertainty here works, if the "fun" is often tinged with consternation.
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Aug 16, 2024In an indie rock context, Hendricks’s voice was one in a million, bubbly and edgy and spontaneous. Here, she often sounds like just another pop singer. It doesn’t help that her lyrics have increasingly traded shock details, sneaky burns and provocations for clichés.
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Aug 15, 2024The only problem is, that like other Charly Bliss records, it sounds better in little chunks, rather than as a fully-fledged album. There are 12 tracks on Forever, and it’s undeniable that after a while, the songs begin to sound rather the same.