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 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.
That moment is now the poignant and potent centrepiece of 'Extended Play', her five-track debut, just released by Island Records/Universal Music and currently riding high in the NZ top twenty.
'Extended Play' was produced by Tony Buchen (Blue King Brown, The Whitlams, Macromantics, Kid Confucious) and features 'Hallelujah', the current NZ hit single 'Under My Skin', 'These Roses', 'SOSA', and 'Easy Come Easy Go'.
Gin has just completed a whistle-stop promo tour of NZ radio, covering stations on both islands in five days and featuring on Kim Hill, Sunrise, C4 (where her video is on high rotation) and MTV.
She will be performing frequently in Sydney pubs and clubs throughout June and July, and across the Australia in August and September supporting Pete Murray at major venues.
The journey has just begun.
June 24, 2008
