The Witzard Premiere: Last Letters Share 2000's Pop-punk-evoking "I Love You, Amy Smart" Single & Lyric Video (Old Sport Records)
Earlier this month, we received a cold-sent email from Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charles "Charlie" Iwuc. His latest musical outlet, Last Letters (truly a one-man band) bills themselves as "S A D P U N K S I N C E T H E N I N E T I E S" across their Bandcamp page. Following stints in a number of bands who played The Vans Warped Tour, as well as Beach Folk trio The Gulls, Iwuc first formed Last Letters during the spring of 2016. Charlie Iwuc shared Last Letters' debut EP, Nothing to Write Home About, via Old Sports Records, the following fall. He's since written, recorded, and self-released a variety of one-off singles and would-be festive favorites across Last Letters' ever-evolving Bandcamp page. Just this year, Iwuc has quiety released Last Letters singles "Westbound Sign," "Stuck On You," "No Action," an Alternate Version of "Stuck On You," and, most recently, "You Swore." Now, just as 2020 rears its ugly, virus-infested head to a close, Last Letters have gifted us with an exclusive premiere of their latest Charles Iwuc-penned single, "I Love You, Amy Smart."
In fact, this one's, actually, not going live across streaming platforms until New Year's Day, but The Witzard has an exclusive premiere just for you, our trusty readership, right here today on New Year's Eve. Not entirely unlike the bulk of Last Letters' musical output to date, "I Love You, Amy Smart" is, essentially, a homage to the early 2000's American Pie-indebted era of Pop-punk. Charlie Iwuc readily cites blink-182, Sum 41, and New Found Glory, as well as slightly more Emo-leaning acts The Get Up Kids, Dashboard Confessional, and Jimmy Eat World, amongst his greatest sources of direct influence on "I Love You, Amy Smart." For at least the next 12 hours or so, "I Love You, Amy Smart" will be streaming exclusively right here at The Witzard prior to going live on digital streaming platforms on New Year's Day. Listeners can expect more easily-consumable releases from Last Letters throughout 2021.
