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Alice Gun
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Description: | CD on Ambiguous Records |
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| Format: | CD | |
| Genre(s): | Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock | |
| Label: | Ambiguous | |
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£8.19
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...according to our Business Lady on 31 March 2011.
Alice Gun sounds like a curious character. It mentions in the press release that she records as part of David Viner's band which has resulted in recordings with Ed Harcourt and a tour supporting the bloated and now dead White Stripes. She also records house music vocals 'for the money'. I like this lady's style already. 'Blood & Bone' is Gun's debut. Recorded in the cosy surroundings of her North London home as well as in an isolated farmhouse in the Lake District, 'Blood & Bone' sounds warm and intimate in production and tone. Gun's voice is strong and inventive and the list of instruments she dabbles with is equally impressive. Cello and piano dominate these recordings but it's also spattered with many interesting sounds which add colour and vibrancy to these somber compositions. This is very much in keeping with the work of PJ Harvey as well as the more recent Cat Power albums. Kinda striped back, ultra confident songwriting delivered with a sense of wizened maturity.
Blood & Bone is the debut album from Alice Gun. Recorded at her home in
North London and in an isolated farmhouse in the Lake District, this
haunting, seductive record is built around a backbone of cello, guitars and
piano, all played by Alice and fleshed out with accordions, e-bows, drums,
double bass and auto-harp played by her and the band: multi-instrumentalists
Al Mobbs and Sam Campari, and drummer Robbie Jarvis.
Sensational debut album…beautiful and profoundly affecting – Tom Robinson,
BBC 6 Music
Graceful, magical…Go get your gun ★★★★ – Artrocker
The year’s most remarkable album from a UK artist – 9/10' – Neon Filler
like Polly Harvey at her most seductive – Loud and Quiet
Alice Gun also plays cello for blues man Mr David Viner in a long-running
collaboration which has included recording with Ed Harcourt and supporting
the White Stripes on their last European tour. She also does house music
vocals for the money.
