Cloth: PPL Momentum Music Fund
The recording of Cloth’s third album
Gracing the stages of taste-making festivals Latitude and Connect, and being featured on the soundtrack for Hulu’s hit ‘Normal People’, Cloth are a Glasgow two-piece comprising twins Rachael and Paul Swinton.
With their debut album shortlisted for the 2020 SAY Award and enjoying committed support from Elbow’s Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson and BBC Introducing (among many others), the band released their hotly anticipated follow-up album, Secret Measure, in May 2023 via Mogwai’s Rock Action Records. The album received critical acclaim from The Guardian, Uncut and Pitchfork and was shortlisted for the 2023 SAY Award.
Aside from the SAY Award nomination, 2023 was a whirlwind year for Cloth. Among many highlights, the year saw them open for legendary shoegaze titans Slowdive on two sold-out dates of their UK tour, perform a live BBC Radio 6 Music Session for Marc Riley and Gideon Coe, and undertake a successful UK tour in November.
PPL Momentum Funding is supporting Cloth to record their third album, allowing them to work with renowned producer Ali Chant; a man who has been behind the production of some of the most exciting releases in recent years, for artists such as Yard Act, Perfume Genius and Katy J Pearson. Having worked with Ali on their second album, Cloth are extremely excited to get back into the studio with him to record their boldest, most ambitious album yet.