Premiere: Charlie Duda, ‘Really Really’

Kevin Bronson on April 8th, 2021

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Charlie Duda played in bands for most of his younger years in northern Virginia, but the singer-songwriter, ensconced in L.A. the past four years, never released any solo music until 2020.

Last spring brought the release of his debut EP, “Making Friends” — six songs that ought to find him a slew of buddies among devotees of affecting guitar-pop of the psych and jangling/chiming variety.

On Friday, Duda releases “Really Really,” the first single from his second EP. It’s all slippery guitar, swelling choruses and good vibrations, recalling the likes of Teenage Fanclub and the La’s. “The gist of the song is about self-improvement, recognizing toxic habits, etc., and cutting them out of your life,” the 31-year-old says.

The new EP, “Roller Coaster,” will be out June 4, and, like his first, it’s a DIY affair made in his Sherman Oaks bedroom, though it hardly sounds like a bedroom effort. The drums were tracked remotely by Michael Benjamin Lerner of Seattle’s Telekinesis. The single is officially out on Friday.

Duda is treading in the footsteps of some pretty impressive guitar-slingers (British and American) so far, but it seems well worth following him on his path.

||| Stream: “Really, Really”