Chris Cleverley

“As surreal as Fforde. As loaded as Ballard” Time Past and Time Passing

Chris Cleverley’s Broadcast The Secret Verse album tour embraces a bold new paradigm as he moves away from the British Folk Scene that inspired his earlier sound, toward the American Indie music which has characterised his more recent influences. 

Visceral and unflinching, Chris’s songs tackle themes of climate/nuclear emergency, pervasive artificial intelligence, institutionalised racism and mass displacement of people. Owing much to the music of Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Anais Mitchell and Bright Eyes, Cleverley has seen his musical and artistic identity grow and mature.

Described as ‘impressive’ (Daily Telegraph), ‘haunting’ (The Sunday Times) and as ‘one of the most vital voices of today’s folk generation’ (Folk Radio UK), Chris has gigged and recorded extensively across the UK, working with artists such Dan Whitehouse (Reveal Records), Eliza Marshall (Peter Gabriel), John Elliot (The Little Unsaid).

Expect the Broadcast The Secret Verse Tour to show his most positive and expressive work to date.

“Bold, brave and utterly compelling” Northern Sky ★★★★★

Supporting Chris is Lancashire born singer-songwriter Tobias Ben Jacob who has been called ‘stand out new Folk’ by BBC6 Music, ‘inventive and thrilling’ by R2 Magazine, and ‘one of our best artists’ by BBC Introducing. Tobias is one half of the award-winning alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater and is renowned as a talented songwriter in venues across the UK and Europe.

‘These are important and significant songs that deserve to be heard. One of the best, certainly the most emotionally powerful, albums I’ve heard for many years.’ FRUK