Alice Maria Boman (born 2 December 1987) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician.

Alice Boman
Alice Boman singing and playing a keyboard
Boman performing at the 2014 End of the Road Festival in Wiltshire, England
Background information
Birth nameAlice Maria Boman
Born (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 36)
Malmö, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2013–present
Labels
Websitealiceboman.com

Career

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Boman recorded her first extended play (EP), Skisser (which means "sketches" in Swedish) in her bedroom, never intending it to be publicly released.[1] She treated the recordings like demos, and sent them to a studio with the intention of getting the songs professionally recorded. However, she said that "the guy at the studio liked [the demos] so much that he sent them to Adrian Recordings, and they wanted to release them."[2] The EP came out on Adrian Recordings on 22 May 2013,[3] and it has since been re-released on limited edition vinyl.[4] An EP containing remixes of Skisser tracks "Waiting" and "Skiss 2" was digitally released in November 2013.[5] It contained remixes by 1987, NATTEN, Summer Heart, Kalter and PAL.

A video for 'Skiss 3' was released in January 2014, directed by Henric Claesson at Studio Pop.[6]

In June 2014, Boman released her second extended play called EP II. The music video for the first single "What" was filmed and directed by Studio Pop. The Fader premiered the video on 9 April 2014.[7]

Boman released her single "Dreams" in September 2017. It earned praise by Billboard,[8] The New York Times[9] and Gorilla vs. Bear[10] among others. The music video was filmed in Vårhallarna, Sweden.[11]

Alice Boman's music has been featured in a wide range of television shows and films, such as 13 Reasons Why, Suits, Paper Towns, Transparent, Trinkets[12] Wanderlust, The Resident, Dickinson, Valeria, Astrid et Raphaëlle and Prisma.

Discography

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Studio albums

  • Dream On (2020)
  • The Space Between (2022)

EPs

  • Skisser (2013)
  • Skisser / Remixed (2013)
  • EP II (2014)

Singles

  • "What" (2014)
  • "Over" (2014)
  • "Be Mine" (2014)
  • "Be Mine" (Jaakko Eino Kalevi Remix) (2015)
  • "Dreams" (2017)
  • "End of Time" (2017)
  • "Heartbeat" (2018)

References

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  1. ^ "Before The Beat Drops: Alice Boman Is 'Waiting' For You To Hear Her Eerily Beautiful 'EP II'". HuffPost. April 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Rookie " Alice Boman: Over". rookiemag.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Catalogue". Adrian Recordings. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Alice Boman – Skisser – Now on vinyl with exclusive bonus track". Adrian Recordings. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Skisser / Remixed – EP by Alice Boman on iTunes". iTunes Store. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ^ Cragg, Michael (31 January 2014). "Alice Boman – Skiss 3: New music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Video: Alice Boman, "What"". The Fader. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Transparent's Alice Boman On Soundtracking the Series & Her Guide To Seaside Oasis Of Vårhallarna". Billboard. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  9. ^ Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Russonello, Giovanni (22 September 2017). "The Playlist: A Farewell From Leonard Cohen and 8 More New Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Alice Boman – Dreams". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Premiere: Watch Alice Boman's surreal, windswept "Dreams" video". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  12. ^ "'Transparent' Episodes 8 and 9: Berlin and Idyllwild - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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