Lonnie Gunn

Born in the US and now based in Brighton, Lonnie is an artist carving out a world of her own - one that sits somewhere between saccharine and sordid, playful and unflinchingly raw. Raised in what she describes as a "static and boring" pocket of suburban New Jersey, music was a lifeline. Her father, a former new wave club DJ, and her sister - now in a Leeds-based noise rock band Skintern - helped shape a household where obsession and expression went hand in hand. As a self-professed "chubby emo kid," Gunn found early refuge in music, singing constantly as a child, often improvising melodies...