GUNSHIP
GUNSHIP are London trio Alex Westaway, Dan Haigh and Alex Gingell, making cinematic synthwave with analogue synthesizers, vocals and a love of 1980s film and games.
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Music videoOverview
- Based in
- London, UK
- Formed
- 2014
- Members
- Alex Westaway, Dan Haigh and Alex Gingell
- Sound
- Synthwave, analogue synthesizers and cinematic vocals
- Debut album
- GUNSHIP (2015)
Mini bio
How it started.
GUNSHIP formed in 2014 as a new musical venture for Alex Westaway and Dan Haigh, who also played in Fightstar. Alex Gingell completes the trio. Their records draw on vintage analogue synthesizers and the film, television and video game sounds of the 1980s.
An early calling card.
Their self-titled debut arrived in July 2015. Tech Noir brought together a John Carpenter appearance, guest vocals by Charlie Simpson and a claymation video directed by Lee Hardcastle. GUNSHIP co-wrote the video with Hardcastle.
Building their world.
Dark All Day followed in 2018 and reached the UK Top 40. Their third album, Unicorn, arrived in September 2023 and reached No. 26 in the UK. Its collaborators include Lights, HEALTH, Gavin Rossdale, Carpenter Brut, Tim Cappello and John Carpenter.
Beyond the albums.
Their work extends to music videos, remixes and games. In 2026 they contributed Tell Me When the World Stops Ending to John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, then released Core Breach (Built to Destroy) with Sonic Mayhem. An instrumental edition of Unicorn followed in October.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Unicorn (Instrumentals)Writers and producers
- 2026Core Breach (Built to Destroy)Co-writers and co-producers with Sonic Mayhem
- 2025Tech Noir TimelinesArtists
- 2023UnicornWriters and producers
- 2018Dark All DayArtists
- 2015GUNSHIPArtists
Music videos
- 2015Tech NoirCo-writers of the video with director Lee Hardcastle
- 2015Revel In Your TimeArtists; video created, directed and animated by Jason Tammemagi
Games
- 2026John Carpenter’s Toxic CommandoContributed the original song Tell Me When the World Stops Ending
Awards
Quotes
a neon-soaked, late night, sonic getaway driveDan Haigh, GUNSHIP’s Atom Splitter PR biography
Describing the band’s sound: https://atomsplitterpr.com/gunship/
Trivia
- The Tech Noir video turns VHS tapes into a way for its characters to transform into familiar movie heroes and villains.
- Revel In Your Time was animated in pixel art by Jason Tammemagi.
- GUNSHIP offer an expansion of 58 presets for the u-he Diva synthesizer.
- The trio appear in The Rise of the Synths, a documentary about the roots of synthwave.
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