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,Alice Gun website news section, Retrieved 2010-01-31.
following the critically acclaimed singles The Swimmer and Metal Spider. She is the former lead singer and guitarist in Alice & The Enemies and Sunset Gun.

Music

Alice Gun records at her home in Kentish Town, north London, and in an isolated Lakeland farmhouse, making music from cello, guitars, glockenspiel, double bass,

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, accordion and upright piano. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist, she also plays cello for blues man Mr David VinerDiscogs page for Mr David Viner, Retrieved 2010-01-31.
in a long-running collaboration which has included recording with Ed Harcourt and touring with The White Stripes. She also does

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vocals, but insists this is "for the money". Alice Gun's band includes her producer and

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-collaborator Al Mobbs, Robbie Jarvis on drums and Sam Campari. Campari also designs the sleeves to her physical releases. Her music has been described as "beautiful and profoundly affecting" by

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presenter

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, and compared to

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, Regina Spektor and Bat For Lashes.Musical Chairs blog, Retrieved 2010-01-31

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

External links

AliceGun.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gun, Alice Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English women singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters