"...its totally fun piano, sax, bass, and drums vibe still sounding pretty effing jazz-as-in-Dresden Dolls-cabaret to these ears..." - Bret McCabe, Baltimore City Paper
"it's almost too much...it's almost too much. it's like... horse cock!" - Shoeless
sad girl music...with boys. five people with very different musical influences coming together to make music that will make you wanna cry or scream or belt your heart out. or all of the above.
Good Music in the Name of Bad Beer by Al Shipley
"...Our main reason for checking out the show was a local band we caught a brief glimpse of last year that left us wanting to see more. Gunwife Gone is an intriguing band that can't help but stand out on any indie-rock bill: three women, singing and playing keyboards and saxophone, one of them wearing a glittery red dress and blond bob wig, backed by two men on bass and drums. The band's music is essentially classic piano pop, with an occasional left turn into something darker, like the lurching groove of "Backwards Forwards" that closed its set. It's hard to imagine how that sound meshed with Gunwife Gone's former collaborator, local human beatbox genius Shodekeh, when the band was originally called Walkout a couple years ago. We got a better idea of how that worked on Monday, when the band coaxed Shodekeh out of the audience to substitute for the rhythm section on one song--his mouth provided intricate beats for an otherwise slow, stately waltz. And given that GG's recorded output so far consists only of three songs on a self-titled EP, it was good to hear some more promising material that we hope to hear on a full-length sometime soon."
Lake Trout Come Out of Hibernation
"...Entering the club about an hour before Lake Trout took the stage, it was disorienting to hear Gunwife Gone playing extremely glitzy piano- and saxophone-driven cabaret pop, and even more so to see most of the crowd completely transfixed on the unlikely opening act's lead singer, who wore a shiny red outfit and belted out torch songs like a pop star from another era. There's perhaps no bigger triumph for an unknown band than to play on a bill where it doesn't seem to fit in at all with the venue or the other acts yet manages to completely win over the audience, and Gunwife Gone can lay claim to that rare achievement..." Posted by Al Shipley | 12/26/2007 12:08:55 PM
I'll thank you not to leave strange smutty remarks on my page. There are CHILDREN present dammit! (They're inside me).
Again, the sound is amazing, vocally, musically, everythingally. But if you guys are gonna make it big you HAVE to do something about those lyrics! You'll never get anywhere unless you start writing songs about Drinkin' beer and fornicatin' (don't say fornicating, they won't know what it means). Maybe a couple songs about how cool you are. At LEAST one song where people can shout along a "Fuck yeah!" or some similar type of vulgarity chocked idiocy. Otherwise that's some great shit you got there, though maybe you should consider getting a guitarist to play some TOTALLY BAD ASS SOLO'S WITH HIS MOTHERFUCKING SHIRT OFF! FUCK YEAH!
U guys were the shyt last nite...Tina and I really enjoyed ourselves... Drop your email in my inbox so I can send you the press shotz of the band. Peace...
Since 4 of you came to the Even So show last night I feel like it's acceptable to thank you here. So thanks! See you at one of your next shows if not before.
kickass show, told with a lameass late comment by a frigging week... but hopefully i communicated effectively enough then; if not, f*ckme, and not in the good way. :) hugs and xo, you really were the definition of awesome.
STILL talking about what excellent human beings and musicians you guys are today on the drive home. Hope you got some sleep, hope to see you soon. Thanks. xoxo, baby aspirin.
Yo, Gunwife...we need a band to headline this Fri. @ the 13th floor with one of my bands, Ms. Sara & The Help. Ya'll want it? It would be an easy hour plus change set. Lemme know asap as I'm putting a bunch of feelers out. (yes, this fri.)
Man, your set tonight blew my mind. As much as I can't stand the Black Hole I might actually venture out there on the 28th. Once again, mad props tonight!
