Charlie Big Time - sale or return (Jigsaw EP)

Charlie Big Time's third EP released on Jigsaw Records has a warm and melancholic sound, delicate, multi-layered and rooted in fear, mystery and wonder. The sound of late city nights seen through a rain smeared window.

"A Sunday afternoon well spent" is simply wonderful, sounding like the closing credits of the best TV drama you never saw with its rich sound. The title track is more pared back and conveys joy through misery the way only indie pop can.

"Pitiful, delightful and alarming" has a feeling of fragile hope amid the hopelessness buried in the simple delicate melody. "From the cradle to the bar" closes a superb EP of melancholic pop joy.