charly haze shares ‘Shake Off’, the wistful new single from her recently announced EP, Poly Pop, out September 4 via Kartel Music Group/Domino Publishing. Poly Pop is a collection of songs created over the past 5 years, inspired by the move to a new country in your thirties, capturing her love for polyphonic synthesizer sounds combined with navigating a solo-polyamorous lifestyle.
Expanding on her carefully crafted lush, ‘80s tinged pop palette, ‘Shake Off’ flirts with a more lo-fi sound. Taking inspiration from New Order and Day Wave, and moody pop artists like Sky Ferreira, charly adds acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and ominous arpeggiators, surrounding her tender vocal. With shimmering melodies and painfully relatable storytelling (“thought we were love drunk, but you’re two years sober”), charly captures the delicate juxtaposition of bright and dark, hope and abandonment, desire and crushing heartbreak.