Charlie Houston - Big After I Die (2025) Hi Res

Charlie Houston releases her debut record, Big After I Die, a 9-song exploration of the precarious and often surreal experience of learning who you are while transitioning between phases of life.

Growing up around Toronto, Houston was the youngest of four siblings. When she was eight years old, her dad, a fellow musician who used to play in local garage punk bands, gifted her a guitar. Whereas many singer-songwriters got their start performing covers, Houston remained focused on “making something that didn’t exist before.” She also began learning how to produce for herself on GarageBand, which felt like “unlocking a whole other world.” Houston’s music has always felt technical in its nuance and attention to detail, where melody and topline interlace themselves seamlessly, and the dreamy sonic exterior almost makes you forget what’s lurking underneath. Her songs are rife with nostalgia: the ghosts of people and places far gone but still fresh with emotional impact. Big After I Die rises from the ashes of these past experiences: Houston scrapped an entire hypothetical album after going through an intense break up. The songs she had written during a period of domestic bliss were now reminders of life’s many paths. “I didn't really know who I was or who I wanted to be outside of her,” explains Houston. That searching would soon become the focus of her debut album.

“I often find myself reliving my most embarrassing moments months or years later for absolutely no reason. I think this is a very relatable problem. I find it hard to be present, I’m always thinking about the past and things I wish I could have done differently. Such as one time while playing baseball with my ex-girlfriend and her friends I tried to run to first base and ate it before I even got there.” - Charlie Houston