Alice Gun

Alice Gun
Alice Gun performing at the Natural History Museum as part of the Exhibition Road Festival, 21 June 2009
Alice Gun performing at the Natural History Museum as part of the Exhibition Road Festival, 21 June 2009
Background information
BornKentish Town, London, England
GenresDark rural spooky romantic pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, cello, piano, accordion
Years active2009–present
LabelsAmbiguous Records
WebsiteAlice Gun official website

Alice Gun is an English musician who plays in the band of the same name. Her debut album, Blood & Bone, was released digitally on 21 March 2011 and physically on 4 April 2011 through Ambiguous Records,[1] following the critically acclaimed[2][3] singles The Swimmer and Metal Spider. She is the former lead singer and guitarist in Alice & The Enemies and Sunset Gun.[4]

Music

Alice Gun records at her home in Kentish Town, north London, and in an isolated Lakeland farmhouse,[5] making music from cello, guitars, glockenspiel, double bass, E-bow, accordion and upright piano. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist,[1] she also plays cello for blues man Mr. David Viner[6] in a long-running collaboration which has included recording with Ed Harcourt[6] and touring with The White Stripes.[7] She also does house music vocals,[8] but insists this is "for the money".[1]

Alice Gun's band includes her producer and Damon Albarn-collaborator Al Mobbs,[9] Robbie Jarvis on drums and Sam Campari. Campari also designs the sleeves to her physical releases.[10]

Her music has been described as "beautiful and profoundly affecting"[11] by BBC 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson, and compared to PJ Harvey, Regina Spektor[12] and Bat For Lashes.[13]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Blood & Bone (2011)

EPs

  • The Swimmer b/w Minty Fresh (7" & download) (2009)
  • Metal Spider b/w Love Song (download only) (2011)
  • Not Made For This World b/w Metal Spider (Campari Remix, pts I, II and III) (download only) (2011)

Remixes

  • The Swimmer (Campari rmx) (download only) (2009)
  • Minty Fresh (Campari rmx) (download only) (2009)
  • Metal Spider (Campari Remix, pts I, II and III) (download only) (2011)

References

  1. ^ a b c Alice Gun website news section, Retrieved 2010-01-31. Archived 8 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Listen Before You Buy review site Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Norman Records website Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Alice Gun Discogs entry, Retrieved 2010-01-31". Discogs. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  5. ^ Listen Before You Buy news website, Retrieved 2010-01-31. Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b Discogs page for Mr David Viner, Retrieved 2010-01-31. Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ White Stripes poster shop, selling tour poster with Mr David Viner, Retrieved 2010-01-31. Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Discogs, Retrieved 2010-01-31. Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Discogs page for Al Mobbs, Retrieved 2010-01-31". Discogs. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  10. ^ Details of the Blood & Bone album Archived 7 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Listen Before You Buy news website, Retrieved 2010-01-31 Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ You Ain't No Picasso blog, Retrieved 2010-01-31 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Musical Chairs blog, Retrieved 2010-01-31 Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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