Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror

The Guardian 0

(Kanine Records)
Combining various soft rock touchstones, Charles’s new album sometimes veers into cloyingly sentimental pastiche

The opening song from the second album by LA-native Pearl Charles owes more to Abba than the Americana of her debut full-length release. But despite its gleeful, Dancing Queen-worthy piano, Only for Tonight touches on a far less glittery message: painful emotional attachments following a one-night stand.