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‘Adult pop with heart and brains.’ The Guardian
‘Exhilarating… stirringly fresh and smart.’ The Independent

I’m a singer-songwriter who grew up in Cumbria, England; I now live in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. My music has variously found its way to a Hollywood movie, festivals, theatre shows and short films, but often just into my cupboard. I used to be in a band called Swimmer One. Between 2010 and 2015 I released three albums as Seafieldroad. I was co-creator of an award-winning multi-media project called Whatever Gets You Through The Night, which has existed in various forms since 2012. I play live quite rarely but have performed with / shared stages with musicians including Rachel Sermanni, Ricky Ross, Emma Pollock, Withered Hand, Meursault, RM Hubbert, Kirsty Law and Esther Swift.

This website takes its name from After All Of The Days We Will Disappear, a kind of ‘best of’ collection I released in 2019, consisting of re-recorded Swimmer One and Seafieldroad tracks, previously abandoned experiments, and one new song. Since then I’ve also released Tourism, a 2022 album for Wee Studio Records, while working on various other projects including an album of songs co-written with people living with dementia and a live show called David Bowie in Space.

Since 2018 I’ve also been writing  All of the Days, an infrequent blog in which I use every song I’ve released as a jumping off point to talk about more interesting things, such as Brian Wilson, Michael Jackson, political protest, national identity, Britpop and racism, dementia, Scottish independence, portrayals of death in children’s films, and gangster movies. When I began writing it I thought I didn’t know how to write songs anymore and was trying to figure out why. I mostly write it for me but if you like my music perhaps you’ll find it interesting.

Some nice things that people have said about my music:

‘It’s the sort of record that they – the Mark Eitzels and the Paddy McAloons – used to make… an adult pop record with heart and brains.’ Paul Lester, The Guardian

‘He crafts songs that sound like minimalist classical composers working on adventurous ballads for R.E.M. This album will either win the Mercury Prize or vanish into cherished cult obscurity. It’s so good it deserves no compromise in between.’ Alan Morrison , The Herald

‘A lovely album. A late contender for one of the best of the year.’ Gideon Coe, BBC 6 Music

‘Terrific. A little bit Elbow, a little bit Pulp, a little bit the Blue Nile, a little bit The Who, even.’ Mark Radcliffe

‘Superlative…. riven with a yearning and melancholia that’s reminiscent of some of Nick Cave‘s early solo work. The sense of clarity here of experiences lived and learnt and the acknowledgement of the fragility of life makes this a record you should invest time in.’ Bill Cummings, God is in the TV

‘As irresistible as a warm hearth on a snowy day, these songs do for Scotland’s east coast what the Blue Nile’s did for the city of Glasgow.’ David Pollock, Scotland on Sunday 

‘Humane, witty, sumptuous.’ Nadine McBay, The National

‘The songs glow with a sense of sincere, melancholic wonderment… An album to get lost in.’ Malcolm Jack, The List

‘Strides ahead of the curve.’ Chris Buckle, The Skinny

‘A heartbreaking and delicate album… a great piece of work.’ Avril Cadden, Sunday Mail