Charlotte Sometimes' enchanting debut full-length, Waves and the Both of Us, is a product of insomnia, airplanes, and bodies of water, not to mention countless hours of daydreaming to the mesmerizing sounds of Billie Holiday, the Everly Brothers, Jeff Buckley, and Fiona Apple, among others.
From a children's book, she borrowed the name of a precocious boarding school student who finds herself transported 40 years into the past, into the body of another girl. This curiously dark story of time-travel and interchangeable identities, written in 1969 by Penelope Farmer, captivated Charlotte and embedded inside her restless mind the inspiration for detailing her own exploits, into that tentative space between confrontation and escape. The idea that you could actually be someone else�that people often did adopt alter egos, depending on the circumstance�fascinated her. An allusion to the year to which Farmer's protagonist travels, the title isn't so much an overt reference to the book as it is a recognition of the fact every one of us is stuck somewhere, trying to be someone else, or at least play the role of one of our personalities. Also named for one of its songs ("Waves and the Both of Us"), the record tells a story of the currents that pass through our lives, some more uplifting or traumatic than others, Charlotte says. "It's about all the different waves that live inside my head and heart, and how they affect others, myself, and the person I want or pretend to be." - Grab a listen to "How I Could Just Kill A Man"
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