Ipso Facto were a goth-inflected, melodramatic psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

 band. Founded in 2007 by Rosalie Cunningham

Rosalie Cunningham

Rosalie Cunningham is an English singer-songwriter. After the split of the band Ipso Facto, Cunningham started a new project named Purson.-Career:...

 (Singer, Songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

), Victoria Smith (Drums), Cherish Kaya (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

) and Samantha Valentine (Bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

). They were based in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 but individually originated from different parts of the UK, including Southend, Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

 and Bedford

Bedford

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...

. Before Ipso Facto, Rosalie and Samantha played in the Southend band Theoretical Girl

Theoretical Girl

Theoretical Girl is a female songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Southend on Sea signed to the Memphis Industries record label...

. Samantha is daughter of guitarist Hilton Valentine

Hilton Valentine

Hilton Valentine is an English musician, who was the original guitarist in the The Animals.-Biography:Valentine was influenced by the 1950s skiffle craze...

 from The Animals

The Animals

The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the decade, and later relocated to London...

.

Ipso Facto appeared on the 'BBC Introducing Stage' at the Reading Festival 2008, and supported The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets is a band consisting of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane formerly of The Rascals, and composer/producer James Ford.-Formation:...

 on their 2008 tour.

They supported post-punk band Magazine

Magazine (band)

Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, "Shot by Both Sides", is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time...

 on their 2009 reunion tour.

Ipso Facto split up in 2009 and the members have gone separate ways. Rosalie Cunningham

Rosalie Cunningham

Rosalie Cunningham is an English singer-songwriter. After the split of the band Ipso Facto, Cunningham started a new project named Purson.-Career:...

 is continuing to write and record music with her new band Purson. Samantha Valentine has joined the band Romance, Cherish has gone to play keyboards for Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine is the recording name of English musician Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide music for her voice. Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul...

 and Victoria Smith has been working on her own music and collaborating with various other artists.

Singles

• Harmonise / Balderdash (Disc Error), Oct 2007
• Ears And Eyes (PureGroove), Aug 2008
• Six And Three Quarters / Circle Of Fifths (Mute Records
  Mute Records
  Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
  
  ), Oct 2008