"Gwendolyn’s hauntingly beautiful work is on full display in the excellent 'Absinthe'.”

by Michael Rand

Stirring the listener like an Edgar Allan Poe reading, Gwendolyn’s sinister lyrics pierce the heart. She sings the vice that taunts me, the poison that rots me, my absinthe, absinthe, oh, with a yearning voice. She’s charismatic as she is cunning. You feel for her – the struggle of her alcohol addiction is palpable. But I’ll be in these arms for the rest of the night, intoxication, oh my salvation, she sings. The dark beauty, the humanness shards through the oppressing sonic layers, is still hopeful. Her voice is angelic, and so stunning that when Gwendolyn sings, it’s hard to imagine this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde double-side taking shape. This song, like the grips of addiction, takes hold and is hard to escape.

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"TWISTED SHEETS" REVIEW

Coming from a cinematic background, Gwendolyn knows how to create a piece of music that exudes passion and resonates within your very core. The track builds in emotion starting with an ethereal, blissful, soundscape which soon becomes bruised and stormy. It is teamed with expressive vocals, gliding instrumentals, and moving lyrics. “Something between right and wrong when all the witnesses are gone” Twisted Sheets has a tangible thread running through it which pulses with anticipation. 

Vents magazine

Tell us the story behind "Absinthe"?

I usually write when I need to make sense of something. I heard this mind blowing statistic that the fastest-growing segment of heroin users in the US is suburban housewives. I had to get inside of that. I couldn’t fathom what could be so intoxicating, so alluring and addictive to render you blind to everything you built and everyone you lived for. Tragic to think of from the outside, to be sure. But what’s it like from the inside? That seduction, that first brush with heaven… beyond comprehension. And so “Absinthe” was born. 

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Rattler magazine

An interview with Gwendolyn on"Absinthe"

If you could go back and tell a younger you something, what would it be?

It's okay to cry but not for too long. 

Also, don't cut your own bangs.  

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“Her music is just what my soul needed. ” - Mark Sutherland

— Static Beach Radio

“This voice of an angel. Gwendolyn is a mesmerizing masterpiece.” - Robin DiMaggio

— United Nations Music Director

“Her vocals nail the emotion every time.” - Robin Frederick

— Rhino Records former director of A&R, and author of "Shortcuts to Great Songwriting"