Musicians

Alice Skye

Origin
Horsham, VIC
Genre/styles
Folk
About Alice

Alice Skye is an Aboriginal singer/songwriter of Wergaia and Wemba Wemba heritage, originally from Horsham, Victoria, and now based in Melbourne.

In her hometown she started piano lessons at the age of five, and her love for music grew from there. With influences such as Missy Higgins, The Cranberries, Regina Spektor and Joan Armatrading, the pairing of vocals and piano has become her inspiration and focus. She sounds a lot like Dido.

With each new song, Alice Skye is growing into a special breed of songwriter.

— ABC / Triple-J

Discography

Album formats explained

Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

You Are The Mountains (Single)

Released
30 October 2015
Tracks
  1. You Are The Mountains
Notes

This is Alice Skye's debut single.


Poetry By Text (Single)

Released
27 October 2017
Tracks
  1. Poetry by Text

Friends With Feelings

Released
6 April 2018
Tracks
  1. For Every Year
  2. Poetry by Text
  3. 1966
  4. Friends With Feelings
  5. For Those Who Need It
  6. 60%
  7. Melbourne
  8. She Oak
  9. Only Bones Get Left Behind
  10. The Only Version of You

I Feel Better But I Don’t Feel Good (Single)

Released
31 October 2019
Tracks
  1. I Feel Better But I Don’t Feel Good
Notes

"The title came from a message someone sent to me asking how I was. I replied saying, ‘I feel better but I don’t feel good.’ I thought it was a funny thing to say, so I wrote it down," says Alice about how she conceived the song.


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Korff, J 2020, Alice Skye, <https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/music/alice-skye>, retrieved 19 March 2024

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