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Victoria and Vancouver Island have a lot of musical talent, and Victoria Buzz wants to highlight some of the best and brightest local artists and bands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every Monday, there will be a fresh \u2018New Music Monday\u2019 article to help people find and support local artists and bands that are up-and-coming, well established or hidden gems!<\/span><\/p>\n

For this endeavour, Victoria Buzz has partnered with our good friends at <\/span>CFUV 101.9 FM<\/b><\/a>, UVic\u2019s campus radio station, to find and select the musicians and bands for this regular column.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week, <\/span>CHARMED<\/b><\/a> is the New Music Monday highlight!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CHARMED is one of Victoria\u2019s newest additions to the scene. Not only did they release their first single this month, but they also played their first two shows over the last couple weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The four-piece band is comprised of Connor Tanton on lead guitar, Bradley Staicu on vocals and guitar, Ramon Crespo on drums and Ben Andrews on bass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanton told Victoria Buzz it all started when he was playing a show with his dad as an acoustic duo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur singer Brad came to that party and he saw us playing\u2014he had been in a band in Victoria before but hadn\u2019t played for a while,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess seeing us play got him all inspired. He came to me and proposed we start a project together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanton began driving down from Duncan on weeknights to write with Staicu in his Langford apartment. The two were fast friends and bonded over their mutual appreciation for early-to-mid-2000s alt rock bands like The Strokes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once they had the guitar parts and vocals mostly sorted out, the duo began to search for a drummer and bass player to fill out the rhythm section of CHARMED.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe ended up having a chance meeting with a couple members of a band from Victoria called Electric Jane,\u201d said Tanton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew the singer and drummer of that band who unfortunately had passed away, and we were fans of them but they obviously weren\u2019t playing anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The former guitarist was not interested in playing, and CHARMED already had two guitar players, but Ben Andrews had been the band\u2019s bassist and he was keen to get back to playing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Ramon Crespo was recruited on drums, as he knew Andrews and was potentially going to fill in for the late Nick West on drums in Electric Jane before the group decided it was best to disband.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a cool little group because we all have different inspirations and pull from different genres and styles,\u201d Tanton explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like Ben brings this practical music knowledge to the band that we didn\u2019t really have\u2026 Ramon\u2019s been super amazing\u2014I\u2019ve never really had a drummer that was so involved before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After fleshing out the band, the four-piece started writing together, filling out their set and getting their music recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

They recorded their first single with Neil James Cooke Dalin of Astrocolor at Burning Rainbow Studios earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Highlight track \u2013 \u201cVeronica\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n

CHARMED\u2019s first single is called \u201cVeronica\u201d and it was just released on Friday, December 5th.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t exactly speak to Brad\u2019s lyrics, but I think it\u2019s about love, what could have been, potential\u2014but I hear in the instrumentals that we put into it the passion and the fear of the power of love,\u201d said Tanton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He says the song all started with a riff he brought to Staicu during an early writing session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Staicu began to sing some melodies along with the riff Tanton had brought and quickly found the chorus\u2019 hook, which stuck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a feeling that he felt instantly and it\u2019s gone through a lot of changes, but that hook was always the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While recording \u201cVeronica,\u201d CHARMED decided it would be fun to record a live, off-the-floor drawn-out intro to the song, which they released prior to this first single as a little teaser of what was to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

The intro is called \u201cFleeting Thoughts Of (Interlude).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s another thing that we thought to do on the spot in the studio,\u201d said Tanton. \u201cWe wanted to do a really extended, kind of slow, vibed out version of the intro.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cVeronica\u201d by CHARMED below:<\/span><\/p>\n