Joburg-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based pianist, guitarist & singer-songwriter Ruby Gill can silence a room like no one else can.
Widely adored for her ability to stun a room into hear-a-pin-drop silence with unforgettably honest – and wryly humorous – offerings that can bring even the most cynical to tears, Ruby Gill has gone from strength to strength since turning heads and ears with 2018 single ‘Your Mum’ and ‘you should do this for a living’ (2021; featuring backing vocals from Angie McMahon and Maple Glider) earned her the title of triple j Unearthed Feature Artist, with strong playlisting support across Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon. Her internationally acclaimed debut album I’m gonna die with this frown on my face (2022) debuted at #5 on the AIR Independent Album charts and was nominated for an Australian Music Prize and Best Folk Work at the Music Victoria Awards that same year.
Ruby’s arresting lyricism and deadpan wit have already garnered her millions of streams, awards and radio play from triple j and every major metro station in Australia, to BBC6Music and KCRW over the pond. Known to bring even the most stoic to tears with profound reflections on society and self-awareness, Ruby’s “melancholic lyrical wizardry” has earned the reputation of unmissable, with accolades such as as Sunday Times’ Breaking Act (UK), and high praise from NME, CLASH, The Independent and more. Consistent reviews echo triple j’s Zan Rowe: “excuse me while I scrape myself off the floor.”
“[Ruby Gill] writes with compelling candour, self-knowledge, humour and insight….Her laconic delivery and minimal soundscapes call to mind the work of fellow minimalists and honesty brokers such as Laura Marling and Julia Jacklin”
– The Sunday Times UK Breaking Act
Ruby Gill – ‘Some Kind of Control’
Ruby’s upcoming album Some Kind of Control earmarks an era of matured silliness and darker wit for the acclaimed artist – who proclaims the album “cheekier, looser, gayer and even more raw” – buzzing with the sparse-but-formidable intensity that watermarks her work, ironically sounding her most effortless while singing about control across themes of power, physicality, politics and pleasure.
Unflinching, lyric-driven and written largely alone – and often in the bath – Some Kind of Control is immediate in its emotional pull, laced with intricate hooks and meticulously-crafted one-liners to live by, it invites multiple listens to absorb the intricacies of each poem-like world.
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