Album Notes

Charlett Schwarz?

… in some ways she’s a split personality. Inconspicuously observing she stalks the scene, intentionally represented in the guise of a black cat. She’s music and a symbol for the blending of musical styles at the same time.
Melancholy, coming to terms with the past, observing society, philosophical ways of thinking about the ordinary. These are the main topics of the lyrics – partly German, partly English and occasionally both at the same time or even none at all – which alter in level of complexity and emphasize Charlett’s skill of reflection. Impressions, sombre thoughts and dark secrets, luggage which all of us carry to some extend, worlds askew, working ever so slightly different. The music keeps following the plot and in this manner creates a bubble of thought for each song to exist in.

‘Behind a Face’ is an ever changing debut of the young german band Charlett Schwarz, formed around singer and composer Veyna Muhr. Dark and melancholic atmospheres may change to a powerful chorus in the wink of an eye. There is not one single stopgap, each song has it’s own unique raison d’être. Variability and the experimental mingling of different styles are what keeps the band‘s creativity on the go. It’s mainly Veyna’s very own style of voice, which defines the character of the band and its means of recognition.

For Veyna it all began as kind of a one-woman-show...
After several attempts to start projects with various fellow musicians, which failed due to lack of enthusiasm or taste too, she decided to pay her way and have a shot at the songwriting part all on her own. With creativity and a vengeance she set off composing and singing. Obviously meaning business, for given some time quite a notable amount of song-pieces had piled. Then she met Alex, an enthusiastic and all the more creative guitar-player whose roots lay in the metal and alternative sector, but who was very much attracted to the dark scene too. Sure enough they shortly began their first common projects. The seed of what was to become Charlett Schwarz was sown.

The songs – as mentioned for the most part of Veyna’s doing - gained even more colour and quality when Marc joined the band. A talented all-round musician who added to the touch last not least by the sensitive piano passages. Summing all up, the violin playing by Lestaria (known from ADVERSUS), time and by leaving the grounds of the afore experienced, seasoned the dish. The band had found it’s fourth member, just in time for taking the last steps of finishing the debut.

After mixing the album at the MoBuRec-Studio, it swiftly became clear that Charlett Schwarz had enthralled yet another victim. David, the sound engineer, joined lines to make sure the beat wouldn’t be the computer’s part alone after all.

Now, after the release of their debut album, Charlett Schwarz are ready to enter the stages an perform their music live.

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