“Rather Lovely Electro-Folk” – Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie – BBC 6 Music
“The feel of Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens” – Scottish Daily Express ★★★★
“Haunting” – The Sunday Times
Cleverley’s boundary-shattering ‘Dream-Folk’ songwriting sits on the cutting edge of modern folk. A true guitar-man, his elaborate alternate tunings, percussive rhythms and ambient sound design flow beneath a visceral lyrical style inspired by the Lo-fi American Greats, Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens; a curious tapestry weaved from the hazy psychedelia of the 60s folk revival and the soulful oblivion of 90s Pacific Northwest.
FATEA Male Artist Of The Year 2019 & 2022
As the hinge of the seasons swings on round, I’m venturing out again this Spring into the vernal utopia, for nine mystical evenings, as the twilight air begins to warm and the honeysuckle aromas wind all around us.
Emerging from my winter hibernation with sketches of the songs for my new record, I’m going to be unveiling them for the first time, returning to some much cherished venues as well as exploring some exciting new ones with curiosity.
Hello my friends.
It’s finally here!
My brand new Christmas Record for December 2025, ‘Gods Of All Things’ is out today.
5 new tracks to welcome in the festive season in your own way.
Available as Ltd Edition CD or Digital Download, as well as 4 different merchandise bundles.
I hope that it might connect with you in some way, and I send it out into the world with all my best wishes for a happy holiday season.
(And for the Midlands friends amongst us, don’t forget the final date of the tour on Sunday 14th December at Temperance in Leamington Spa, with special guests John Parker and Awake Mother).
Best wishes
Chris
It’s time for the 2nd single from my forthcoming new Christmas record!
‘Frost Giant’ is a collaboration with extraordinary vocalist Molly Rymer. It takes its inspiration from the frozen fjords and snowcapped tundra of Scandinavian Folklore.
I hope you enjoy it.
‘Frost Giant’ invokes the imagery of the Jötunn; ancient giants of the Norwegian Arctic tundra, embodying the primal forces of nature and chaos, frozen for millennia under sheets of ice. Here they pose as a chilling analogy for the distance that can exist between us in the fragmented 21st Century emotional landscape
‘Lord Of Chaos’ releases today!
It is the debut single from my forthcoming Christmas E.P, ‘Gods Of All Things’, due out Dec 2025. Drawing heavily on my Folk Revival and Americana roots, it is a winter anthem for the divided self.
I invite you to take a listen and would love to hear what you think:
“Lord Of Chaos is a plea to the universal forces – The Gods of All Things – that we may find the agency to direct our lives, released from the cycles of thought within which we can become trapped; free from unhelpful psychological states, free from a rigid collective consciousness, free from past burdens.
When we enter our hibernation states as December draws in, it’s often our first pause for rest in so long. In this decompression, we may become aware of all we’ve been carrying for weeks, months even. If your load has been a heavy one this year, then this song goes out, with my love, to you especially. I hope this holiday season brings you the rest you deserve!”
Hit the live page for info and tickets.
🍃*SPRING TOUR DATES*
Can you feel the glorious turning of the seasons out there this week friends?
After a belter of a warm up show at Walton Folk, I’m all set to get back out there over the coming weeks. Here’s a taster for now with a few more to come shortly. New songs, New sound designs and a host of brand new venues for me.
05.04: Village Concerts – #PurleyOnThames, #Berkshire
18.04: St Edith Folk – #Sevenoaks, #Kent
24:04: Topic Folk Club – #Shipley, #Yorkshire
08.05: Newcastle Arts Centre – #Newcastle, #TyneAndWear
09.05: Water Yeat Village Hall – #Ulverston, #Cumbria
08.06: Bradninch Music Festival – #Bradninch, #Devon
27.06: The Heath Bookshop – #KingsHeath, #Birmingham*
* With Jess Vincent
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My friends, it’s with the greatest happiness I give you my debut Christmas Record:
‘In the Shadow of John the Divine’.
Available on Ltd Edition CD over on Bandcamp, with a variety of Merch Bundles. Please, please help me to share this far and wide if you can!
It’s a record of songs for the misfits. For those who grapple with a sense of belonging. For those who can’t quite wrap their heads round it all as the festive seasons comes around.
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It’s 18 days until the launch party for my upcoming Christmas Record ‘In The Shadow of John the Divine’.
Sunday 1st December at Hare & Hounds, #KingsHeath, #Birmingham.
I’m over the moon to be joined on stage – at this homecoming show – by a band of some of my all time top collaborators and people:
🌲Sam Kelly
🌲Kim Lowings
🌲Minnie Birch & Kathleen P of Awake Mother (who will be starting things up with a special set of their own songs too)
We’re going to make this a super special, festive celebration, and would be honoured if you can join us. Can you help us pack the room out by sharing this poster far and wide?
🎨 Elly Lucas Photography
🌲 NEW MUSIC 🌲
Today is a very special day!!! I’m over the moon to share with you my first new music in over 2 years.
I give you the first single from my new E.P
‘Snowfall, My Evergreen’
A small number of you will have seen this performed in its rawest acoustic form. I’m excited to see what you think of the final studio version.
The story of this snowman offers a bittersweet allegory for the ambiguities of human relationships, in which we may bring out both the very best and the very worst in one another, in cycles that follow the path of the seasons. Because we are fluid, we are changeable, we are beautifully imperfect and distinctly human right?
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