Gwenifer Raymond tops off her astounding debut year with an Americana UK 'Best Instrumentalist' Nomination, a 'Best of 2018' nod from MOJO, and a rousing endorsement from ... Iggy Pop !

Her new seasonal single, The Three Deaths of Red Spectre, is out via every digital service, worldwide.

This song was originally born of this live scoring piece I did for a early 20th century silent film called ‘Red Spectre’, so it wasn’t from the outset designed as a Christmas song, but it does feel like a winter song to me. The opening is cold and spiky; it puts me in mind of dark nights and city light reflections on wet tarmac. Then it has these sort of changing seasons in the song, like windy rain and calm sweeping over in sequence. Then back to the start; with the lights all over again.

This time of year is my favourite, when it gets dark early and bitter cold outside; you need to have a hostile environment in the first place to have something to wrap up snug and cosy against. That’s kind of the whole point of a winter festival right? It’s essence is in the contrast.

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Praise for Gwenifer Raymond's debut LP 'You Never Were Much of a Dancer'...

"A profound talent" - Guardian (5 stars)
"Stunningly confident...in full possession of its art" - UNCUT (8/10)
"An immersive debut" - Observer (4 stars)

CD/LP & vinyl 7" available at tompkinssquare.com

The Three Deaths Of Red Spectre by Gwenifer Raymond

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The Three Deaths Of Red Spectre by Gwenifer Raymond

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