Charly Bliss

Charly Bliss is an American power pop band from Brooklyn, New York, who formed in 2011. The band's line-up is composed of siblings Eva (lead vocals, guitar) and Sam (drums) Hendricks, lead guitarist Spencer Fox, and bassist Dan Shure. To date, the band have released three studio albums, Guppy (2017), Young Enough (2019), and Forever (2024). The music of Charly Bliss has been described as "bubblegrunge", a portmanteau of bubblegum pop and grunge music. Of Guppy, Pitchfork wrote that the band "hone in on [sic] an era from about 20 years ago, when seemingly every other band came blissed out, drenched in sun, and outfitted for a spot on the 10 Things I Hate About You or Jawbreaker soundtrack next to Veruca Salt." Eva and Sam Hendricks grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the children of devoted music fans. Eva first developed her interests in musical theater and also sang jingles for local commercials. She first met Spencer Fox, a former child actor who voiced Dash Parr in the 2004 film The Incredibles, outside of a Tokyo Police Club show at New York's Webster Hall. Fox moved to Westport midway through his junior year of high school and began collaborating with Eva on songs. Their earliest recordings, more acoustic, folk-based, and recorded in her bedroom, were posted to YouTube.