Charlie Straight

♥ Albert Cerny, Johnny Cienciala, Mic

Třinec, Prague & Hackney

What are the odds that you start a band like Charlie Straight with someone who listens to Beck at the age of sixteen when everyone at your school keeps playing Nothing Else Matters? In a provincial Czech town literally run by a bizarre steelworks it takes some luck (watch Coco music video shot in the band's hometown: http://youtu.be/lDwcbM8E1pQ). When Johnny Cienciala (bass) heard a skinny boy singing The Scientist by Coldplay at a school assembly, little did he know that they will become the driving force of a band grabbing the attention of labels and producers soon after they'd spent a week recording demos in Johnny's tiny bedroom. In 2005 Albert came back from England where he'd spent the summer learning English and soaking up music – he was excited. In a room with the view of The Channel he'd written his first songs and played them to Pavel Pilch, his drum teacher, when he was back in town. On a lazy Sunday afternoon in 2006, singing in an unusually British accent echoed down the quiet corridors of the local music school. There were also these unbelievable jazz piano solos soon to be dismissed by the band as a little too much. With Glastonbury on his mind, Albert needed to find a keyboard player and his incredibly talented elementary school friend Michal Supak was perfect for the job. After a few rehearsals, Johnny recorded and mixed new demos and put them on the internet which secured the first recording deal. The album entitled She's a Good Swimmer (2009) was produced by Michal Novak who discovered the band on "Czech bandcamp" called Bandzone.cz. In 2011, Charlie Straight teamed up with the London-based producer Guy Fixsen (Laika, My Bloody Valentine) to work on Someone With a Slow Heartbeat (2012). In May, The Guardian discovered the band in an article about European pop: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/24/more-european-pop-than-eurovision?INTCMP=SRCH. First gigs in the UK went down well in July 2012 during the Olympics. Charlie Straight are now confirmed to play at The Great Escape 2013.

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