CHUCK

Charles Griffin Gibson is a Massachusetts-born multidisciplinary artist who currently resides in Oslo, Norway. Whilst living in NYC in 2010, he began self-releasing music under his own name before debuting under the CHUCK pseudonym with the Frog-produced “Let’s Make Out” EP. He arrived on Audio Antihero in 2016 with “My Band Is A Computer,” a cassette retrospective of his gorgeously nostalgic bedroom pop.

Though his work has often been polarising, his undeniable creativity made him a cult-favourite with fans at the BBC (Gideon Coe / Stephen McCauley), Indie Shuffle, Post-Trash, The Line of Best Fit, Drowned in Sound, The Alternative, IMPOSE Magazine, Gold Flake Paint, and DIY Mag. His work was also featured in numerous end-of-year lists for the likes of Various Small Flames, Overblown, The Spoonster Spouts, If It Be Your Will, Wake the Deaf, and Crackle Feedback.

CHUCK issued his farewell “Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store” LP in 2017, which was accompanied by a Benjamin Shaw remix of “Happy Birthday,” as well as a cover of “Oceans” from Magana. Things had been quiet ever since, but in 2024, CHUCK began a series of new releases.

CHUCK Press:

“Charles Griffin Gibson, aka CHUCK, is the type of artist who not many know, but those who do, instantly fall in love with. The New York native, who describes his music as “eclectic weird kid alt. pop”, released one of 2015’s best, yet most unheralded records, My Band Is A Computer, a gloriously unhinged collection of songs that combined bedroom pop and DIY indie with wry lyrics and a wicked sense of humour.” – Drowned in Sound

“A seductive assemblage of grungy indie pop. Mashing together vibrato synths, simple percussion, and twanging electric guitar. The melodies are floaty and plastic — kind of like window shopping on a dusky weekday…The hauntingly warm colors of the landscape and characters transfix as the vocals pour out like molasses…I feel nostalgic, caught in an old memory.” – Indie Shuffle

“Straddling the line between bedroom pop and high fidelity indie rock….Both gorgeous and joyously rough-around-the-edges.” – DIY Mag

“It’s the kind of Daniel Johnston vibe if Daniel Johnston was brought up with The Strokes and Notorious BIG. By that we mean it has the integrity, the loneliness, the sad, happy, and melancholic, even the nostalgic and romantic.” – Third Outing

“CHUCK combines new wave, emo, and indie rock elements with folksy songwriting…celebrates and pokes fun at the big apple, the city he loves to hate.” – The Alternative

“Songwriter Charles Griffin Gibson examines the aura of his adopted hometown of New York City. Its mythos looms large and Gibson both parodies the city’s self-importance and himself for buying into it.” – Post-Trash

“‘Frankenstein Songs For the Grocery Store’ sees CHUCK coming to terms with adulthood and life, realising tough, universal lessons and making his peace with them. Although a lot of this collection deals in frustration, CHUCK’s charisma shines through – hope exists in spite of everything.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Its nostalgia shows most in the balance between a sunny melody and little pokes that could only come from an observer with a bit of distance…” – Bedford & Bowery

“Quirky and adorable…Massive charm…CHUCK’s gift for observing the small, unobtrusive details of daily life make these songs interesting and relatable. The jangle-pop background is just icing on the cake — it turns everyday life into a dance party. My gift to you, if you have a case of the Mondays.” – Adobe & Teardrops

“Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store finds CHUCK doing what he does best, making songs that are catchy and funny and unashamedly “pop” and all undoubtedly good fun. But there’s always that something else to his songs too, something that’s harder to put a finger on, a nod to the vacuum at the centre of our 21st century consumerist culture.” – Various Small Flames

“If you love how Daniel Johnston shrinks the complexity of human relationships into a single sentence and yet somehow retains its profound meaning… If you believe more people should listen to Frog or Trust Fund, because, well just because… And if you haven’t quite got the hang of grown-up stuff yet but your age sets higher expectations than you can manage to muster, then you need to make CHUCK, aka Charles Griffin Gibson, your roommate. Seriously, do not let this one pass you by.” – Gold Flake Paint