CHARLOTTE SANDS SHARES THE NEW SINGLE ‘pity’ & HUGE 2024

November 18, 2023

*“Charlotte Sands is pop music’s secret weapon.” –* **Alternative Press**

*“Charlotte Sands has quickly established herself as a bold, brilliant voice of the emo revival.” –* **Dork**

*“A real talent.”* **– Nels Hylton, Radio 1 Future Alternative**

*“There’s a lot to love about Charlotte Sands, the Nashville-based songwriter combining punchy alt-pop and raucous rock ‘n’ roll.”* **– Notion**

*“Rising star.” –* **Wonderland**
If 2023 has been great to Charlotte Sands (and it has: winning the Heavy Music Award for **Best Breakthrough Album**, powering into arenas across the UK and **Europe** as special guest to **5 Seconds of Summer**, and writing and recording her debut album), **2024** looks set to be bigger still. That eagerly anticipated album, **‘can we start over?’**, will finally be unleashed on **January 24th** and the following months will see **Charlotte** taking those songs to the world at large, including her first set at the **UK’s** renowned Download festival. In the meantime, this year brings one final highlight for **Charlotte** as she shares the new single **‘pity’**. Listen HERE.

The most vitriolic of Charlotte’s recent singles, **‘pity’** plays out raw, punchy and direct – a barbed wire guitar riff snaking around her searing, full-throttle vocal attack as the track’s sonic dynamics leap from threatening verses to a visceral shout along hook. As with the best of **Charlotte’s** discography, **‘pity’** channels vulnerable emotions into a blood-letting, cathartic release in a way that will connect with her ever-growing following.
**Charlotte** says, “‘pity’ is a song about meeting ‘the perfect person’ and wishing you could be more like them. It’s about the feeling of jealousy and comparing yourself but also about the experience of being captivated by someone else’s existence. Making this song was such a fun experience, I wanted the production to feel like a high energy show opener while the melody stayed simple and repetitive so everyone could scream the words together when we finally get to perform it live.”

**‘pity’** joins **‘use me’** and **‘get over it’** in generating pre-release hype for the **‘can we start over?’** album. Those three tracks sprawl across the sonic spectrum of the record’s varying moods, moving confidently from dark pop atmospherics to angsty, ‘90s-style alt-rock, and classic singer-songwriter vibes which reveal her deep-seated vulnerabilities. As an album which holds a mirror up to who **Charlotte** is right now, it feels right that it seemed to dictate its own direction. It took shape last **May** when **Charlotte** arrived in **Los Angeles** for what was intended to be a brief few sessions with **Jutes**, **Alex Nice** and **Keith ‘Ten4’ Sorrells**. But the songs took shape not only quickly but at a career-high standard with that team writing all three of the album’s singles so far, providing **Charlotte** with the platform to complete the biggest statement of her career to date.

**‘can we start again?’** is available to pre-order or pre-save **HERE**. **Charlotte’s** official store offers two physical products: a blue marble vinyl and a CD, both of which are signed.

**Charlotte** has just announced details of her **‘can we start over?’** world tour. It starts with over a month of shows across **North America** from early **March** before heading to **Europe** in late May and closing with a London show at **The Garage** on **June 21st**. Tickets for the shows, listed below, are available **HERE**.
**MARCH**
**7th – Austin, TX – The Parish**
**8th – Dallas, TX – House of Blues**
**9th – Houston, TX – House of Blues**
**12th – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom**
**13th – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex**
**16th – San Francisco, CA – The Independent**
**18th – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall**
**19th – Seattle, WA – Madam Lou’s**
**22nd – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell**
**23rd – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre**
**25th – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam**
**26th – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall**
**27th – Indianapolis, IN – Hifi**
**29th – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar**
**30th – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall**

**APRIL**
**2nd – Boston, MA – Paradise**
**3rd – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom**
**5th – Philadelphia, PA – Foundry @ The Fillmore**
**6th – Washington, DC – Atlantis**
**7th – Charlotte, NC – Visulite**
**9th – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade**
**10th – Birmingham, AL – Saturn**
**11th – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl**

MAY
2^nd – Melbourne, AUS, Stay Gold (with AViVA)
3^rd – Sydney, AUS – Oxford Arts Factory (with AViVA)
4^th – Brisbane, AUS – The Brightside (with AViVA)
28th – Paris, FR – Backstage by The Mill
30th – Zürich, CH – Exil
31st – Milan, IT – Legend Club

JUNE
1st – Munich, DE – Milla
3rd – Vienna, AT – Flex
4th – Budapest, HU – Turbina
5th – Prague, CZ – Chapeau Rouge
7th – Warsaw, PL – Hydrozagadka
8th – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
9th – Hamburg, DE – Häkken
11th – Cologne, DE – Helios37
12th – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg
13th – Ghent, BE – De Centrale
15th – Donington, UK – Download Festival
17th – Glasgow, UK – G2
18th – Leeds, UK – The Key Club
19th – Bristol, UK – Thekla
21st – London, UK – Garage