Lynn Gunn

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Lynn Gunn
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Lynn Gunn in 2018
Born
Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen

(1994-03-15) March 15, 1994 (age 29)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active2009–present
Musical career
Origin Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • guitar
  • drums
  • bass guitar

Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen (born March 15, 1994), usually known by her stage name Lynn Gunn, is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gunn is best known for fronting the American rock band Pvris. She has also collaborated with artists such as Tonight Alive and A Loss for Words.

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PVRIS

Gunn is one of the founders of the electronic alternative rock band PVRIS (pronounced "Paris") in 2012, which was then named Operation Guillotine, started in 2009. By 2013, Gunn had replaced Kyle Anthony as lead vocalist and guitarist. For legal reasons, the name of the band was officially changed to Pvris on July 26, 2013. [3]

In 2018, Gunn opened up about vocal issues which she had been struggling with during her recent tours, and stated that she was undergoing vocal coaching to relearn how to sing. [4] Gunn had previously acknowledged difficulties with "vocal kinks" and apologized if she had not "seemed herself" during live shows. [5] In a 2019 interview with Kerrang!, Gunn stated that she had visited several ENT doctors who found that there was nothing physically wrong with her, and she felt that she was dealing with psychological blocks which prevented her from singing. [6]

Other work and collaborations

She has collaborated with other bands and musicians as a singer and songwriter. In 2013, Gunn collaborated with American pop-punk band A Loss for Words on the single "Distance". [7] She co-wrote two tracks for Dissonants, the 2016 album from Australian rock band Hands Like Houses. [8] In 2017, she was featured on the track "Lose Myself" on The Throes of Winter by Seven Lions, [9] and on Circa Waves' album Different Creatures. [10]

In 2016, it was rumoured that Gunn was going to collaborate on new music with her friend Jenna McDougall, frontwoman of the Australian rock band Tonight Alive. [11] Gunn was featured on the single "Disappear" which appeared on Tonight Alive's 2018 album Underworld. [12]

She briefly filled in for Katie Henderson of The Aces as a guitarist when the band was supporting 5 Seconds of Summer on their Meet You There Tour. [13] In 2019, she collaborated with From Indian Lakes on the single "Did We Change". [14]

Personal life

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. She has spoken about her lifelong fascination with graveyards, death, and the occult, stating that this was the inspiration behind many of the paranormal and macabre themes in her song-writing. [15] Spiritually, she has said she is "into astrology and life paths and weird energetics stuff". [16] Gunn has stated that she has struggled with depression, and that this was a major inspiration for much of her song-writing. [17] Gunn has also cited bands such as Paramore, Radiohead, Florence and the Machine, and The Weeknd as musical influences. [18] [19] Lynn Gunn is a graduate from Lowell High School. Participating in Battle of The Bands at the school with some classmates, she graduated in 2012, was originally going to attend MassArt but ultimately backed out to pursue PVRIS as a full-time project, prior to touring and signing to Rise Records, Gunn has spent some time working at Hot Topic and Guitar Center.

Public image and LGBT activism

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Lynn Gunn in 2015

Gunn is a prominent LGBT voice in the alternative music scene. [20] She stated in an interview for Rolling Stone that she first came out as gay to her parents when she was 18, by leaving a letter under her mother's pillow before she went on tour. [21] "First and foremost I want to be known as is an artist and creative before anything else," she explained in an interview with Playboy . "I think my sexuality is the last thing to check off on that list." [22] Gunn explained her decision to be vocal about her sexuality in an interview with Newsbeat in 2015: "I never had someone to look up to and be like 'oh that person is OK and they're gay.' If I can be that for someone then it's why I'm open about it." [23]

Gunn was one of several artists invited by GLAAD and Billboard to talk about her coming-out story for National Coming Out Day in 2017. [24] Gunn cited her family's supportiveness while she was coming out and encouraged others to reach out for the support around them. [25]

Gunn presented the Icon Award to Laura Jane Grace of the American punk rock band Against Me! at the 2017 APMA Awards. [26]

Discography

Studio albums with Pvris

Extended plays with Pvris

List of extended plays
TitleExtended play details
Hallucinations
Acoustic
  • Released: April 1, 2014 [28]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CS, DL, 10" vinyl
Paris
  • Released: March 26, 2013 [29]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD, DL

Other songs with Pvris

YearTitleAlbum
2017"Are You Ten Years Ago" The Con X: Covers
"Fire That Burns" (Circa Waves featuring Pvris) Different Creatures
2014"Chandelier" Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6
2013"Rain" (Love, Robot featuring Pvris)Non-album song
"Follow"
2012"Gemini" (featuring Kyle Anthony)
"Mind Over Matter"
2010"It's Not That I Don't Trust You" (as Operation Guillotine)
List of tracks featuring Lynn Gunn
YearTitleVocalsWriterSingleAlbum
2013"Distance"
(A Loss For Words featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoYes Before It Caves
2014"Obsessed"
(TBMA featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoYesObsessed
2015"Lose Myself"
(Seven Lions featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoYes The Throes of Winter
2016"Degrees of Separation"

(Hands Like Houses featuring Lynn Gunn)

NoYesYes Dissonants
"Motion Sickness"

(Hands Like Houses featuring Lynn Gunn)

NoYesNo
2016"Begin"
(Elliot Middleton featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoYes—
2018"Disappear"
(Tonight Alive featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoYes Underworld
"Last Light"
(Tonight Alive featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoNo
2019"Did We Change"
(From Indian Lakes featuring Lynn Gunn)		YesNoNo Dimly Lit

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult
2016 Boston Music Awards Female Vocalist of the Year [30] HerselfWon
2017 APMA Best Vocalist [31] HerselfWon
2018 Rock Sound AwardsRock Sound Icon [32] HerselfWon
2021 Boston Music Awards Vocalist of the Year [33] HerselfWon

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  2. ↑ "Album Review: PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven. All We Need Of Hell". SoundFiction. August 24, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  4. ↑ "PVRIS' Lynn Gunn Has Opened Up About the Issues With Her Voice, and Relearning How to Sing". Rock Sound. December 10, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ "PVRIS' Lynn Gunn: "Sorry if I Haven't Seemed Myself at Our Shows This Summer..."". Rock Sound. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Death Becomes Them: Lynn breaks down the making of Death of Me's video". Kerrang! . Kerrang!. July 20, 2019.
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  14. ↑ "From Indian Lakes // Dimly Lit – Fluorescent Magazine" . Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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