“Revered for his ability to craft emotive, intricately layered compositions, David Cloyd has enjoyed a decorated musical adventure that’s seen him become an indie cult hero.”
—Plastic Magazine
“With his first record in over a decade, Red Sky Warning, due out next year, this first single reminds us exactly why the music scene is a much better place when David Cloyd is taking an active part in it.”
—The Big Takeover
“Cloyd’s return promises not only a continuation of the distinctive artistry that made him a cult figure but also a deeper dive into the emotional terrain he’s been traversing throughout his career. As he navigates themes of time, love, and identity, this new material reflects the emotional complexity of someone who has lived through both the highs of indie stardom and the quieter, more personal victories of life outside the spotlight.”
—The Indie Grid
“‘Ocean Of Hours’ compels in its spacious range between folk-laden contemplation and anthemic rock/pop heights… [it] is a strongly memorable success from Cloyd; we’re now firmly anticipating his upcoming album.”
—Obscure Sound
David Cloyd’s reemergence with his first new single release in more than a decade has catapulted him to major press coverage, onto Apple Music’s New in Alternative playlist, and back into the national spotlight. Now, the second single from his forthcoming new album Red Sky Warning, “Drive With Me,” is out December 5th on ECR Music Group.
The release of “Drive With Me” follows on Apple Music’s editorial nod to Cloyd in September, when the streaming giant added his previous single “Ocean Of Hours” to their “New In Alternative” playlist and alongside music from St. Vincent, U2, The Cure, My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, Bon Iver and others, further cementing Cloyd’s reputation as an indie-music cult figure and garnering him nearly 100,000 streams in just six weeks.
“We live in dark and difficult times, but in all of that darkness, releasing music into the world again has been one of my brightest experiences,” says Cloyd. “The response I’ve gotten has created a supernova of hope and possibility, giving me courage beyond my wildest dreams. There’s always chaos swirling outside my door. My reaction to that chaos is to make music. And to move forward. On its simplest level, that’s what ‘Drive With Me’ is really about. Hope.”
The Indie Grid writes, “Cloyd’s return promises not only a continuation of the distinctive artistry that made him a cult figure but also a deeper dive into the emotional terrain he’s been traversing throughout his career. As he navigates themes of time, love, and identity, this new material reflects the emotional complexity of someone who has lived through both the highs of indie stardom and the quieter more personal victories of life outside the spotlight.” Plastic Magazine adds, “Revered for his ability to craft emotive, intricately layered compositions, David Cloyd has enjoyed a decorated musical adventure that’s seen him become an indie cult hero.”
Slated for an April 2025 release and co-produced and mixed by Blake Morgan (Lenny Kravitz, Lesley Gore, Janita), Cloyd’s new album Red Sky Warning begins with a fitting lyric. Cloyd sings, “Where did the time go?” as if directly addressing the decade-long gap since his last record. Answering that question lies in understanding why his initial and striking ascent was so remarkable, and unique.
Before moving north to Buffalo, Cloyd had made a stunning splash with his 2009 debut album, Unhand Me, You Fiend!—an album he’d recorded in his 9-foot by 9-foot apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on a personal computer he’d built by hand. After being discovered by—and subsequently signing to—Morgan’s ECR Music Group record label, Cloyd’s debut went on to hit #1 on the world’s second-largest streaming service at the time (eMusic), culminating in a major feature about the artist in New York Magazine. Multiple TV music placements followed, his work becoming a regular fixture on MTV’s Real World, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and Bad Girls Club. His follow-up record, I Could Disappear, showcased his extraordinary musicianship with a set of live-in-studio performances of the material from his first record. His re-imaginings of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” and Paul McCartney’s “Dear Boy” won him an even broader audience, with the latter being licensed by McCartney’s own company, MPL Communications.
A move to Buffalo to start a family was next for Cloyd, with the artist branching out as a producer himself and founding the Buffalo-based ECR imprint Hook & Ladder Records. In the years since, he’s become a tentpole music figure and producer in Buffalo’s music scene, producing Caroline Fenn’s Fragile Chances (2013) and Buffalo Tango Orkestra’s acclaimed debut Ecos Del Pasado (2018), while also becoming ECR Music Group’s VP of Creative Operations.
This new record finds Cloyd hitting the same brilliant note his earlier work struck—his artistry will draw comparisons to Radiohead, Beck, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, and Peter Gabriel as it always has, but Cloyd’s distinctive voice—both as a singer and as a record maker—continues to be completely his own.
Red Sky Warning, written and performed by David Cloyd, mixed and mastered by Blake Morgan, is out in April of 2025. The album’s second single “Drive With Me” is out December 5th on ECR Music Group.
