Gin Wigmore 'Extended Play' album

Gin Wigmore is 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 Feist and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple, while lyrically she moves from sorrow to sunshine.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, losing her father to cancer forced Gin her to deal with her grief a world away in Argentina. When she returned home, Gin articulated her pain, in a song “Hallelujah”. She was 16.

Two years later, “Hallelujah”, won the US-based International Songwriting Contest, when Gin beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC.

“Hallelujah was my way of telling my family I had dealt with dad's passing,” Gin says.
“And honestly, I didn't want to share these feelings with anyone else... I wanted the moment for myself and my family.” That moment is now the poignant and potent centrepiece of Extended Play her five-track debut.

Extended Play, produced by Tony Buchen (Blue King Brown, The Whitlams, Macromantics, Kid Confucius), contains Hallelujah, These Roses, SOS (featuring John Butler on ukelele), Under My Skin and Easy Come Easy Go.

“Gin presents her songs with a voice of contradiction,' notes Tony Buchen. “It is raspy yet delicate, forceful and fragile.” “I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from,” Gin says... “I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story.”

In her Sydney Daily Telegraph review, Kathy McCabe said…”One of the most stunning debut EPs ever…a star is born”.

Gin has spent the past couple of months touring Australia with Pete Murray and loving life on the road and meeting her ever increasing number of admirers. She is soon to play an iconic gig in Auckland with the legendary Supergroove, Scribe and Hollie Smith before heading to the USA to set up the release of her EP there.

In the words of PBS Melbourne Music Manager, Peter Merrett, “There is an indefinable power and passion combined within this waif sized girl”.

Gin Wigmore biography in summary
Gin is from Auckland, New Zealand.

Geographically, Gin tracks from Auckland to Buenos Aires to Sydney.

Vocally, she runs from Macy Gray to David Gray to Edith Piaf.

Musically, she moves between Feist and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple.

Lyrically, she moves from sorrow to sunshine...soulfully.

This is Gin’s debut ep that was released to critical acclaim summer ‘08 on Island/Universal Australia.

Gin’s song, “Hallelujah”, that she penned at 16 after losing her dad, went on to win the International Songwriting Contest beating out 11,000 songs from 70+ countries.

Gin will be recording her debut full length in March to have an album release late Q3. Gin already confirmed for MusicExpo and SXSW.

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