Rosalie Cunningham (born 25 April 1990) is an English singer-songwriter. After the split of the band

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, Cunningham started a new project named

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. She has performed as a solo artist since 2017.

Career

Cunningham was born in

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, started her first commercial band

in 2007, releasing the singles "Harmonise" / "Balderdash" (Disc Error) in October 2007, "Ears And Eyes" (PureGroove) in August 2008, "Six And Three Quarters" / "Circle Of Fifths"

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in October 2008. These were followed by ''IF...'' a Vinyl Junkie release in February 2009. All their songs were written by Cunningham. Ipso Facto broke up midway through 2009. Cunningham subsequently founded the psychedelic rock band Purson, with which she toured, composed and recorded for the next eight years. In April 2017 Purson also broke up. "I feel strongly drawn to a more DIY approach to my career in music, and look forward to the freedom to explore many avenues as a solo artist," Cunningham explained. Her debut solo album ''Rosalie Cunningham'' was released on 5 June 2019 by Esoteric Records, via Cherry Red. Cunningham has also been working with other bands such as Magazine and

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(though referred to as Rosie Cunningham) as a backing vocalist, appearing on stage with them on their recent tours, at the ''

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'' and on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. She also played keyboards from January to May 2010 with These New Puritans on their tours of the album, '' Hidden''. In 2012, Cunningham played guitar with

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, as the support act for

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's UK tour. She also contributed backing vocals to

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's final album, ''

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'', which was released in 2013. On 25 February 2022 she released her second studio album ''Two Piece Puzzle''.

Discography

with Ipso Facto Singles *''Harmonise/Balderdash'' *''Ears And Eyes'' *''Six And Three-Quarters/Circle Of Fifths'' *''IF...'' with Purson Albums * 2013: ''The Circle and the Blue Door'' (Rise Above/Metal Blade) * 2014: ''In the Meantime'' EP (Machine Elf Records), October 2014 * 2016: ''Desire's Magic Theatre'' (Spinefarm Records), April 2016 Solo Albums * 2019: ''Rosalie Cunningham'' (

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) * 2022: ''Two Piece Puzzle''

References

External links

Ipso Facto MySpace
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