Evan Charles is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter behind the Austin-based band Altamesa. The band's first two full-length albums, The Long Ride Home (2016) and Idol Frontier (2019), both received 4-star reviews in the Austin Chronicle, with Chronicle music critic Kevin Curtin lauding Charles as "an impressionistic writer whose pen drips with chilling abstractions." In the fall of 2019, Charles was selected as one of six Austin-based songwriters to participate in the international touring and documentary film organization Project ATX6, and in 2019 and 2020, Altamesa was one of twenty bands nominated to Black Fret, a non-profit organization that awards grants to musicians. In the spring of 2020, Altamesa released their first new material since Idol Frontier in the form of a 7” single, "Interstate" and its B-side "Yellow Sky", which were released on Mr. Pink Records, both with accompanying music videos. As Altamesa continues to work on two concurrent full length records that will take the band in an entirely new direction, Charles will launch a solo career in earnest, and has completed tracking for his debut solo record Brighter Days.