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Tampa indie-rock trio Charlie celebrates 'Precious Metals' album on Friday

Mtvh1n1, Flowers For Emily, and Ortrotasce play support.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:46 am

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Charlie, which plays American Legion Seminole Post 11 in Tampa, Florida on March 17, 2023.

Charles Irwin first trotted out a new lineup about a year ago, and this weekend the Tampa outfit completes its metamorphosis into an entirely different band.

Charlie’s new record, Precious Metal, is where the trio’s new sound—at its peak, more angular, and second-generation midwestern emo a la Cap’n Jazz—gets to shine for 28 minutes as the 10 tracks fly by, begging for another listen. It’s one of the best releases of this relatively young new year, and Charlie will have friends in Tampa art-pop band Mtvh1n1, Orlando grunge outfit Flowers For Emily, and St. Pete king of analog dancefloor-ready EBM Ortrotasce to help bring it into the world.

Tickets to the Charlie album release show at Tampa's American Legion Seminole Post 111 on Friday, March 17 are $10 at the door.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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