2006 – 2008: Career beginnings and Waves and the Both of Us Poland began her career playing in a five-piece band (J. Poland and The Pilots) in early 2006. The group performed around the New Brunswick, New Jersey area. They soon began playing shows in New York and graduated to larger venues, opening for artists associated with producer/songwriter, Alex Houton. Houton produced much of Poland's early work and co-wrote, produced and contributed guitar work to her major label debut. In 2008, Poland signed to Geffen Records and released
Waves and the Both of Us under the stage name Charlotte Sometimes. The album peaked at No. 145 on the
Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Billboard
Top Heatseekers chart. Poland performed at all venues on the 2008
Warped Tour, and the single "How I Could Just Kill A Man", whose title was inspired by the
Cypress Hill song of
the same name, was featured on the
Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation.
2010 – 2014: EPs and The Voice On May 14, 2010, Poland self-released a free EP entitled "Sideways." Her second EP,
The Wait, was released on iTunes August 18, 2011. In 2012, Poland was a contestant on
Season 2 of NBC's
The Voice. After having all four judges turn around in the blind audition round, she chose
Blake Shelton as her coach. She was eliminated after the first live round. Later that year, Poland finished working on her third EP,
Circus Head, which was initially made available to those who had donated to the album's
PledgeMusic campaign. The lead single, "Brilliant, Broke and Beautiful," was released on October 3, 2012, with the commercial release of the EP following on October 30, 2012. In 2013, Poland recorded her fourth (and first acoustic) Charlotte Sometimes EP, entitled "By Request." The lead single, "Magic," premiered on November 18, 2013, and the full album was released on March 4, 2014.
2014 – 2016: LACES and BRZY In early 2014, Poland announced she had retired her Charlotte Sometimes stage name and would now be writing and recording music under her legal name for a new project, LACES. The first single under her new moniker, "Love Me Sober," premiered on
Billboard on March 5, 2015 and was released to retailers on March 16, 2015. "Love Me Sober" was produced by
Dante Jones. A side project was announced in 2016 titled BRZY, featuring the members of District 76 and LACES. The single "Cause a Little Fire" was released digitally on October 21, 2016.
2016–present: Jessica Vaughn In December 2016, "Christmas for the Lonely" was released under the name Jessie Vaughn for the holiday compilation album "SoundRevolver Presents: A Holiday Benefit 2016." In early February 2017, the LACES Facebook account was renamed to "Jessica Vaughn Music." ==Discography==