Siobhan de Maré is a British singer, mostly known from lending her voice to the album ''
Formica Blues'' by the UK band
Mono
Mono may refer to:
Biology
* Infectious mononucleosis, "the kissing disease"
* Monocyte, a type of leukocyte (white blood cell)
* Monodactylidae, members of which are referred to as monos
Technology and computing
* Mono (audio), single-c ...
in 1997. In 2000, she joined
Robin Guthrie
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(formerly of
Cocteau Twins
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) to form
Violet Indiana, which varies from shimmery
wall of sound
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style with similarities to
dreampop, to sparse single-guitar songs with less effects.
Siobhan has a sensual, ethereal voice,
and she is the fifth child of
The Shadows
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the bac ...
drummer
Tony Meehan
Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and ...
.
Albums
De Maré has fronted two bands so far in her career, the trip hop sounding "Mono" and guitar based "Violet Indiana". More recently she has been writing and recording with Gary Bruce under the name Swoone. The track This Bullet Never Kills was released in May 2015
with an album, ''Handcuffed Heart'' released in August 2018.
Mono
*''
Formica Blues'' (1997)
Violet Indiana
*''Choke'' EP (2000)
*''Special'' EP (2001)
*''Roulette'' (2001)
*''Killer Eyes'' EP (2001)
*''Casino'' (2002) (Compilation)
*''Beyond The Furr'' EP (2004)
*''Russian Doll'' (2004)
Swoone
*''This Bullet Never Kills'' (Single) (2015)
*''Never Let Go'' (2017) a track on the compilation ''Static Waves 6'' by Saint Marie Records
*''Handcuffed Heart'' (2018)
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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