For years, Lynn remained in the background, too shy to take all of the credit for the vision of PVRIS and her role in the songwriting, presentation, much of the production, merch, and visual video concepts. Now she is ready to shine a light on who she is and what she does—like she should’ve a long time ago.
“I allowed myself to support a narrative I thought I had to support of PVRIS being a band,” Lynn says. “I didn’t really have a role model for this. Coming from a ‘band culture,’ it’s about how the group is always greater than the sum of its parts, and you’re not supposed to take credit, even if you do everything. There’s no template or role model for really owning it as a woman. I wanted to make everyone else happy and uphold an image I thought we had to. Growing up, I learned I don’t have to do that anymore. I’m finally allowing myself to take credit. I’ve got the full support and encouragement of my bandmates. PVRIS is a unit and very much a team, but the heart and soul of the vision and music always has sourced from me. I’m just saying it now. I fulfilled my own vision of what a role model should be.”
Writing and recording all of 2019, she collaborated with JT Daly [K. Flay]. With Lynn writing, creating beats, playing guitar, drums, and bass, and singing, he amplified and augmented her vision and versatility in the studio. PVRIS set the foundation for the new era with recent EP, Hallucinations, spawning lead single and title track “Hallucinations,” which clocked 10 million total streams in a few months’ time, as well as fan favorites “Old Wounds” and “Death of Me.”
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Growing up in Lowell, MA, frontwoman Lynn Gunn taught herself drums, guitar, and bass by sneaking into her brother’s bedroom in grade school and playing for hours on end. During computer lab at school, she discovered production and recording software, tuning out the day’s lessons in order to tinker with her very first beats.
This process carried over to PVRIS, which she officially formed in 2013 joined by band mates Alex Babinski [guitar, keys] and Brian MacDonald [bass, keyboards]. A year later, White Noise inspired a growing fan base and scored a silver certification in the UK.
Meanwhile, 2017’s All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell bowed in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart and ushered their stream tally past 220 million by 2020.
Over the next seven years, they performed everywhere from Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Reading & Leads to Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! in addition to supporting Muse, Fall Out Boy, and 30 Seconds To Mars in arenas and selling out headline dates worldwide. Advocating for the LGBTQ community, she supported organizations such as The Ally Coalition.
Track listing:
1. Gimme A Minute
2. Dead Weight
3. Stay Gold
4. Good To Be Alive
5. Death of Me
6. Hallucinations
7. Old Wounds
8. Loveless
9. January Rain
10. Use Me
11. Wish You Well
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR:
5/8 Columbus, OH Newport
5/9 Chicago, IL House of Blues
5/12 Detroit, MI The Majestic
5/14 Harrisburg, PA Harrisburg University
5/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
5/19 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
5/20 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head
5/21 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
5/22 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
5/24 Boston, MA Boston Calling (FESTIVAL)
5/26 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
5/27 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
5/28 New Orleans, LA Republic
5/30 Austin, TX Emo’s
5/31 Dallas, TX Canton
6/2 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
6/4 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
6/5 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
6/7 San Francisco, CA Regency
6/9 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
6/10 Seattle, WA Neptune
SUMMER 2020 TOUR WITH HALSEY:
7/12 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
7/15 Forest Hills, NY Forest Hills Stadium
7/18 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/19 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/22 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/24 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
7/25 Saint Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7/27 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/30 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
8/1 Irvine, CA Five Point Amphitheatre
