True Optimist
"True Optimist is what happened when I tried to give up music." -Evan Plante (True Optimist) reinvents himself through music and bedroom recordings.
The mood is low key, meditative, and experimental. Great music for flow. Imagine Pet Sounds meets Sade meets Talking Heads.
With jazz at its heart, True Optimist explores a world without borders or genres. Drums, bass, Rhodes, Latin percussion, and a cannon full of catchy vocals.
True Optimist's 2nd full length album Parlor Palms (called True Optimist Presents Parlor Palms) a sprawling double LP featuring 10 guests from Charlotte bands.
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Modern Moxie
Modern Moxie is a Charlotte-based indie rock band led by Madison Lucas and Harry Kollm. Lucas’ deeply personal songwriting, inspired by feelings of being trapped and the determination to break free from anxieties, fuels their music. This theme shines in Claw Your Way Out (2019), a debut album that includes the single “Flowers in Your Hair” that has over 4.6 million Spotify streams. The album also won Queen City Nerve’s Best Album award. Her path to the stage began with open mics at Charlotte’s Evening Muse, where she honed her craft despite intense stage fright. A chance meeting at Jack Beagle’s in NoDa introduced her to bassist, and now husband, Harry Kollm, setting the foundation for Modern Moxie. Lead guitarist Phil Pucci and drummer Charlie Weeks later joined, completing the lineup and sound. Recorded in South Carolina with producer Kenny McWilliams, Claw Your Way Out blends jangly pop melodies with raw alternative rock energy, channeling influences from ’80s and ’90s icons like Tanya Donelly to modern acts like Snail Mail and Metric. Tracks like “Believers in Sound” and “Til I’m a Ghost” explore themes of resilience, addiction, politics, and artistic passion while leaving space for personal interpretation. Modern Moxie followed up with the Gutter Honey EP (2022) and released Tripping the Light Fantastic in August 2024 which won Queen City Nerve’s Reader’s Choice for Best Album.
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