Be Charlotte is the stage name taken by Dundee-born Charlotte Brimmer. Earlier this year, at the age of 27, she released her debut album Self Doubt and Fictional Doubts on her own label Enough Records. It’s been quite the journey…..
She emerged onto the scene almost a decade ago, singing and performing her own songs in venues in and around her home city. She is on record as saying that her inspirations were Tracey Chapman, Lauren Hill and Avril Lavigne.
Her first recordings emerged as 7″ singles in 2016, and in the immediate years afterwards she went on the road a fair bit, including European shows, played on bills at a number of the annual festivals that are held throughout Scotland, and landed some high profile support slots, including opening for The Proclaimers at a sold-out Glasgow Hydro (capacity approx 13,000) in September 2019.
In 2020, she was named as ‘Best Newcomer’ at The Scottish Music Awards. The future looked assured, especially as she had signed a deal with Columbia/Sony Music with a 12″ EP being released that same year. Sadly, the pandemic brought things to halt, as they did for so many young and not-so-young musicians, and the planned tours in the UK and Europe didn’t take place.
Charlotte took time to reflect on things and decided that she wasn’t comfortable or happy with the record label deal and walked away from it. She also had a bit of turmoil in her life – she had moved to live and work in Berlin, but then had to return home to Dundee after finding herself the unfortunate victim of a scam involving a rogue landlord. It was quite the emotional and professional rollercoaster.
Her songs are very pop-related and pleasant enough on the ear, but other than having one of her early singles dating back to 2016, there’s nothing on the shelves here in Villain Towers
mp3: Be Charlotte – Machines That Breathe
There’s a great deal more to watch and listen to over at the Be Charlotte YouTube channel. Click here.
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