HORSEPOWER – BLURB (VERY SHORT)
Last Updated: 9/7/2026
Word count: 116

Horsepower is the artist project of Brooklyn-based musician Charlotte Weinman, who caught New York’s attention in 2024 with a collection of songs combining the fervent energy of indie rock with the thespian flair of a self-described “recovering playwright.” Horsepower made waves in their native Brooklyn for selling out multiple local shows before releasing any music. When the band released their debut EP in June 2025, their cultlike following quietly went national. They’ve since received praise from Paste, Rolling Stone, NME, and more, a spot in Spotify’s Fresh Finds Class of 2025, and support slots with Daffo, Hinds, and Liz Cooper, among others. Horsepower’s second EP Happiest Day of My Life is due out November 20, 2026.

HORSEPOWER – BIO (LONG)
Word count: 602
Last Updated: 9/8/2026

“I’m never not earnest.” Charlotte Weinman is a lot of things — a playwright, a sister, a self-proclaimed former horse girl. She’s also the artist behind Horsepower, a New York-based project that combines the fervent energy of indie rock with the thespian flair of a born performer.

Born in 2024, the band first bloomed as a mythical product of New York’s whisper network — “Have you heard of the band selling out shows without having any music out?” When Horsepower eventually released their eponymous debut EP in June 2025, it earned them a place in Spotify’s Fresh Finds Class of 2025, a spot in the 2026 NME 100, and support slots alongside Hinds, Daffo, Liz Cooper, Cece Coakley, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and more.

The band’s second EP, Happiest Day of My Life, does nothing if not corroborate Charlotte’s humble admission: the project is a study in earnestness through and through. Musically, it feels like a sonic coalescence of her most formative experiences — Charlotte’s powerful vocals bespeak her background in performance, oscillating between girlish charm and nearly operatic intensity. On the production side, the EP owes much of its lush, crisp sound to the deft work of Charlotte’s brother Noah Weinman (Gigi Perez, Skullcrusher, Odie Leigh), and many production details and lead guitar lines came from her other brother Ben.

Before Horsepower, Charlotte’s creative outlets mostly revolved around other people’s visions. She studied playwriting in college, crafting stories for other people to bring to life, and she sang in a revolving door of bands for friends and siblings alike. Shortly after moving to New York, she even started a monthly “works in progress” show where musicians could perform early drafts of the songs they were writing for an audience of their peers.

When Charlotte decided to build a project she could hang her own flag on, Horsepower materialized swiftly and organically. Music offered the perfect opportunity to translate the things she loved about playwriting to a brand new medium — pair this with a flair for theatrics and an eclectic scattering of influences ranging from Hole and Sleater Kinney to Mitski and Lomelda, and Horsepower was born.

“I love a heavy guitar, loud, a kind of armed feeling, musically. That gets paired with very sensitive lyricism,” she says. “I think one thing we learned in playwriting and acting is that the most specific things are often the most universal, so I’ve taken that as a token for my songwriting.”

Charlotte is indeed armed to the teeth on opening track “Seek,” a wall of garage-grunge sound that captures her anger like lightning in a bottle. “I’m gonna warn you before I scream / I don’t want you to be scared of me.” Meanwhile, softer offerings like “Hide” and “Donner Pass” touch on themes of dissociation and how to gently return to presence for the sake of another person. The EP’s third track feels like its thesis statement, a maelstrom of introspection into what it means to be truly present in your body and your life as the world around you crumbles. After all, who among us hasn’t asked ourselves: “Do you think you can live without dying every day?”

“Happiest Day of My Life focuses on observing my own life and wanting to touch or even inhabit it, but also being afraid of getting close enough to be bitten by it,” says Charlotte. “It’s about trying to be present and positive through a devastating time, and how trivial and meaningful that feels.”

The culmination of years of practice, months of writing, and a lifetime of music, Horsepower’s sophomore EP finds the band settling into their voice and stepping deeper into their artistic autonomy. Earnest, electric, and ready to be heard.

HORSEPOWER – BIO (SHORT)
Last Updated: 9/7/2026
Word count: 197

Charlotte Weinman is a lot of things — a playwright, a sister, a self-proclaimed former horse girl. She’s also the artist behind Horsepower, a New York-based project that combines the fervent energy of indie rock with the thespian flair of a born performer.

Throughout 2024, the band made waves in their native Brooklyn for selling out multiple local shows despite having no music out. When Horsepower released their debut EP in June 2025, their cultlike following quietly went national. The band earned a place in Spotify’s Fresh Finds Class of 2025, a spot in the 2026 NME 100, and support slots alongside Hinds, Daffo, Liz Cooper, Cece Coakley, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and more.

Weinman’s powerful vocals bespeak her background in performance, oscillating between girlish charm and nearly operatic intensity thanks to a scattering of influences ranging from Sleater Kinney to Mitski. On the production side, Horsepower’s music owes much of its lush, crisp sound to the deft work of Charlotte’s brother Noah Weinman (Gigi Perez, Skullcrusher, Odie Leigh). Lyrics draw on Weinman’s background in playwriting, telling stories that are equal parts vulnerable and erudite.

Horsepower’s second EP Happiest Day of My Life is due out November 20, 2026.