“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
I’ll be headlining the opening night of a fantastic new Birmingham event the ‘Nights At The Circus Folk Club’.
I’ll be performing with my live band and the evening will open with very special guests, and my bandmates from The Company Of Players, the Hertfordshire based threepiece Said The Maiden.
Advance tickets available at http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/nights-at-the-circus/10042791?ref=let_aft
I’ll be looking forward to catching you at one of these dates over the coming weeks, or perhaps with my new Folk Supergroup project, The Company of Players
Here’s what they’ve been saying:
“Meaningful and Enjoyable”– Maverick ★★★★☆
“Accomplished” – R2 ★★★★☆
“Impressive” – The Daily Telegraph ★★★☆☆
“Sheer Stylishness” – fRoots
“Album of the week” – Cherrie McIlwaine, BBC Radio Ulster
You can pick up the digitial download from any good online retailer like iTunes of Amazon, and make you way over to the Shop section of the site to pick up the digipack from the official Bandcamp page.
And in the meantime have a peek at the first official single, The Dawn Before The Day, released on Youtube:
The album, entitled Apparitions, will be released on Friday 30th October 2015 and will be available for online purchase shortly.
Keep an eye out in the live dates section for the Autumn album release tour dates – perhaps I’ll see you along the way.
In the meantime here’s a glimpse of the album cover, with beautiful artwork designed by the most spectacular of Birmingham based artists, Laura Tinald.
2014 has been an astonishing year, and I’m happy to announce I’ll be rounding it off with one final full band show.
Come join us on Monday 1st December at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham City Centre.
As well as a host of new arrangements and an even bigger band, I’m massively excited to have the outstanding Manchester based singer Little Sparrow opening the evening. Cannot wait!
Tickets here:
http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/theatre-event.php?EventID=35131
