Josh Charbot

Ever since his 2014 debut Ordinary People, Josh Charbot has blended angsty, radio-ready melodies with increasingly revealing lyrics that are equally reminiscent of Green Day as they are of The 1975. Evolving from the Dylan influenced folk storytelling of Ordinary People into a more indie rock direction with 2015’s Life During Wartime, it was 2016’s pop rock/acoustic one-two punch of A Different Shade Of Blue and Six Months In Hell helped take his journey full circle. After moving to Toronto and forming The Fluxes in 2017, things started happening for Josh. A number of performances at revered venues like The Horseshoe Tavern and The Opera House, plus the warmly received Things I Wish I Said While You Were Standing In Front Of Me solidified his MO; self funded and self produced records that put the songwriting first. That DIY mentality has been the catalyst for creating a robust body of work in a short period of time, leading to 2020’s The Depression Sessions. A record chronicling overwhelming hopelessness, it finds Josh at his most raw and self critical on songs like Twenty Five; “Don’t wanna get off easy/Don’t wanna know the best way out/Don’t want anyone to see/I looked but never found.”