Indie-rock singer-songwriter Sam Valdez releases her single, “Charlie,” a track providing a foretaste of her forthcoming EP, Crush, slated to drop on October 28. The upcoming EP is a collaboration with Grammy-nominated Gianluca Buccellati (Arlo Parks, The Marias, Biig Piig, Lana Del Rey), who also produced. Commenting on Crush, Valdez shares, “The songwriting became a way to escape from the darker headspace I was in while writing it. I talk about friendship, sexuality, and thinking about life on other planets. It was a way to get out of my typical thoughts and expectations and fantasize.” Growing up on the threshold of the Nevada desert, Valdez grew up playing the violin, and hints of classical music’s splendour inform her music in both arrangement and cinematic undercurrents. Explaining “...