From all music:-
“The project of Glaswegian twin siblings Rachael and Paul Swinton, Cloth makes hauntingly sparse songs that draw from dream pop, post-rock, and indie. The eloquent interplay between the duo’s hushed vocals and minimalist guitars — and the space around them — on 2019’s Cloth led to radio support in the U.K., but the Swintons’ music continued to evolve. Their first release for Rock Action, 2022’s Low Sun EP, boasted a fuller but still subtle sound that bloomed on the following year’s Secret Measure, an album that reflected the growing drama and complexity of Cloth’s music as well as its intimacy.
Rachael Swinton (vocals, guitar) and her brother Paul (guitar) formed Cloth in 2016 and spent the next couple of years honing their sound. Equally inspired by Cocteau Twins‘ lush dream pop and the moody restraint of the xx, they wrote songs that began as notes on their phones and were ultimately recorded at Chem19 Recording Studio. Within weeks of posting their first track, “Demo Love,” Cloth signed with local indie Last Night from Glasgow which gave the song an official release in June 2018. Receiving airplay on various BBC stations and host-curated music programs, their second release, “Tripp,” was remixed by producer Wuh Oh (Peter Ferguson), and they made their BBC Radio 1 debut with late 2018’s “Old Bear.” That year, Cloth started playing live shows, including dates supporting Arab Strap. They went on to play the BBC Music Introducing stage at Latitude Festival in the middle of 2019 before returning to the studio to put the finishing touches on their full-length debut. Released in November of that year, Cloth was a critical success, making the shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year Award and winning fans including Elbow‘s Guy Garvey. In 2020, “Old Bear” appeared in the hit television adaptation of Sally Rooney‘s novel Normal People.
mp3: Cloth – Old Bear
By the middle of 2022, Cloth had joined the roster of Mogwai‘s Rock Action label which issued their Low Sun EP that October. To make their second album, they decided to open up their creative process. For the first time, Cloth worked with an outside producer, recruiting Ali Chant and recording at Bristol’s Toybox Studio. A more layered and polished set of songs that emphasized the electronic underpinnings and direct songwriting of the duo’s music, Secret Measure appeared in May 2023.”
JC adds……
I’ve plenty of songs/tunes from the LNFG era, but I haven’t got round to picking up anything from the Rock Action era. It’s really down to, having enjoyed the debut album, I was bored rigid when I saw them play live in support of Arab Strap and lost interest.
From all music:-
“The project of Glaswegian twin siblings Rachael and Paul Swinton, Cloth makes hauntingly sparse songs that draw from dream pop, post-rock, and indie. The eloquent interplay between the duo’s hushed vocals and minimalist guitars — and the space around them — on 2019’s Cloth led to radio support in the U.K., but the Swintons’ music continued to evolve. Their first release for Rock Action, 2022’s Low Sun EP, boasted a fuller but still subtle sound that bloomed on the following year’s Secret Measure, an album that reflected the growing drama and complexity of Cloth’s music as well as its intimacy.
Rachael Swinton (vocals, guitar) and her brother Paul (guitar) formed Cloth in 2016 and spent the next couple of years honing their sound. Equally inspired by Cocteau Twins‘ lush dream pop and the moody restraint of the xx, they wrote songs that began as notes on their phones and were ultimately recorded at Chem19 Recording Studio. Within weeks of posting their first track, “Demo Love,” Cloth signed with local indie Last Night from Glasgow which gave the song an official release in June 2018. Receiving airplay on various BBC stations and host-curated music programs, their second release, “Tripp,” was remixed by producer Wuh Oh (Peter Ferguson), and they made their BBC Radio 1 debut with late 2018’s “Old Bear.” That year, Cloth started playing live shows, including dates supporting Arab Strap. They went on to play the BBC Music Introducing stage at Latitude Festival in the middle of 2019 before returning to the studio to put the finishing touches on their full-length debut. Released in November of that year, Cloth was a critical success, making the shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year Award and winning fans including Elbow‘s Guy Garvey. In 2020, “Old Bear” appeared in the hit television adaptation of Sally Rooney‘s novel Normal People.
mp3: Cloth – Old Bear
By the middle of 2022, Cloth had joined the roster of Mogwai‘s Rock Action label which issued their Low Sun EP that October. To make their second album, they decided to open up their creative process. For the first time, Cloth worked with an outside producer, recruiting Ali Chant and recording at Bristol’s Toybox Studio. A more layered and polished set of songs that emphasized the electronic underpinnings and direct songwriting of the duo’s music, Secret Measure appeared in May 2023.”
JC adds……
I’ve plenty of songs/tunes from the LNFG era, but I haven’t got round to picking up anything from the Rock Action era. It’s really down to, having enjoyed the debut album, I was bored rigid when I saw them play live in support of Arab Strap and lost interest.
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