Charlie Barnes | |
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Origin | Leeds, England |
Genres |
Alternative rock Post-rock Indie rock |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Superball Music |
Associated acts | Bastille, Amplifier |
Website | charliebarnes |
Members | Charlie Barnes, Steven Anderson, Joshua Hughes & Sean Balcombe. |
Charlie Barnes (born 31 May 1989) is a Leeds-based English singer-songwriter. He is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist performing under his own name and currently as a touring musician with indie-rock band Bastille.
Charlie signed to Superball Music on February 24th 2015, and released his debut album More Stately Mansions on May 11th 2015. He performs his material both as a solo artist and with a band. Charlie describes his music as 'Big Morbid Death Pop'.
On 4 June 2015, Bastille announced via Twitter that Charlie would be joining them as a touring musician. With Bastille, Charlie is singing and playing guitar, bass, keys and percussion.
Charlie Barnes started his first solo UK tour on the 6th of October 2015, his first show was in Leeds, and his last in Cambridge (23rd October). In early November, Charlie Barnes had another solo tour, this took place in Germany.
Charlie has previously performed as a touring musician with Manchester-based band Amplifier.
In 2016, Charlie Barnes created a remix for the duo Alma. The song he edited is called To the Stars, and it is featured on an album along side other reworks and remixes of Alma's work.