Gin Wigmore
Gin is about the journey.
Gin is Gin Wigmore, a distinctive singer/ songwriter, whose sound is driven by a startling voice; her delivery succinctly described by a critic as ‘whiskey and dry’ and whose self-penned songs provide a refreshing new take on life as a ’20-something’ and yet relate across the generations.
Geographically, Gin tracks from Auckland to Buenos Aires to Sydney. Vocally she runs from Macy Gray to Blondie to Edith Piaf. Musically she moves between Fiest and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple, while lyrically she moves from sorrow to sunshine.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Gin was already garnering international attention and acclaim for her songwriting talents by the age of 18. One of those early penned songs, “Hallelujah”, won the US-based International Songwriting Contest in 2005, when she beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC.
That moment is now the poignant and potent centrepiece of “Extended Play”, her five-track debut, set to be released by Island Records Australia on August 2nd. 2008.
“Extended Play” was produced by Tony Buchen (Blue King Brown, The Whitlams, Macromantics, Kid Confuscious) and features “Hallelujah”, “These Roses”, “SOS”, “Under My Skin” and “Easy Come Easy Go”.
“These Roses” will be the first track from the EP serviced to radio and TV on June 10th, 2008.
Gin can count some pretty impressive artists as fans for a relatively unknown artist. John Butler plays ukulele on SOS and Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Gin have plans to record together
On the live front you can catch Gin performing in Sydney at Will and Toby’s and the Sandringham Hotel in July, and across the country in August and September performing selected National tour dates supporting Pete Murray.
The journey has just begun.
