[1][2][non-primary source needed][3][4] In 2014, Poland retired her stage name and started a new project called LACES.

Around the same time, she was diagnosed with condylar resorption, a rare disease causing her jaw to essentially break apart, impairing her ability to sing.

[5] Poland got her first stage name from the children's book Charlotte Sometimes, written in 1969 by Penelope Farmer, about a boarding school student who finds herself transported more than 40 years into the past, into the place of another girl.

They soon began playing shows in New York and graduated to larger venues, opening for artists associated with producer/songwriter, Alex Houton.

[13] 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, "Magic," premiered on November 18, 2013,[16] and the full album was released on March 4, 2014.

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.