Hope Is A Drug

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Two years later we made the move to our present address, 35 The Headrow, where we have remained ever since. 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. 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.

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".

The majority of the album was self-produced at Charlie’s own recording studio, built from scratch during the global lockdown. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Hailing from Suffolk, Charlie Simpson began his musical career in 2001, gaining commercial and critical success with Busted and Fightstar before going solo. The record is considered “relationship driven” and Simpson did the majority of the production side, building his own recording studio. Promising audiences a night they won’t forget, the ‘Parachutes’ singer tells fans he plans to play a mix of new songs and old favourites, as well teasing some surprise on-stage moments too! Hope Is a Drug is preceded by the singles “I See You,” “Blameless,” “One of Us,” and “All the Best”. 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.It’s fascinating how the human psychehas the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity. 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".

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. 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.He is the recipient of two BRIT Awards, has performed to sold out arenas and headlined festivals across the UK.

The fourth studio album by Charlie Simpson, the record was announced on November 16, 2021, along with its tour.As a lifelong music fan, being able to get my hands on a physical album is something I treasure, and I feel very passionate about continuing this tradition by releasing all formats at the same time. 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 arrangement and production is a little different to the previous releases, which were somewhat retro in style, with a bit of a 70s vibe. As people around the world continue to navigate their way through the complexities of everyday life post the darkness of 2020 and 2021, Charlie Simpson provides fans with an optimistic ray of light today (April 22nd) in the form of his fourth studio album, ‘Hope Is A Drug’. The way he uses lyrics and his own production techniques, harmonising with his own voice always draws me into his music.