David Cloyd

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“Cloyd’s distinctive timbre will appeal to fans of John Martyn, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley.” —SPIN Magazine // "Cage Of Water" [Remixes] out now: https://linktr.ee/davidcloydmusic

I fidget with my wedding ring a lot. I'm a bit of a restless person to begin with, but when it comes to the only piece of jewelry that I ever wear, I tend to feel more like I'm regularly pinching myself to make sure it's real. If I'm doing it in a photo or a video, it's my own...

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James Tabbi’s remixes are just as descibed in Canada's @uraniumwaves review - "electronic work that rewards attention." Very happy to find that this song can survive “at least four” different climates! “David Cloyd avoids treating momentum like a given, which is why..."

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When I wrote "Cage Of Water," I was already past the difficult period of sleeplessness that inspired it. But I didn't fully understand that I was still having difficulty, even though the lyrics obviously did. Truthfully, it was the beginning of a long road, one that I'm still traveling on...

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After one of my family's Thanksgiving feasts some years ago, I broke a glass while washing dishes and cut my right hand up. I wasn’t much help with my knuckles and thumb wrapped up in gauze, so I grabbed my guitar and started mindlessly strumming the strings with my bandaged thumb.

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Read the review of “Cage Of Water [Remixes]” from Distortion Diaries: “This EP doesn’t just revisit a song—it reframes it, proving that sometimes the most powerful way forward is to stay with one idea long enough to truly understand it.”

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Read the review of “Cage Of Water [Remixes]” from UK’s NuvaPulse: "Some remix projects feel like afterthoughts. David Cloyd’s 'Cage Of Water [Remixes]' does not. Instead, it comes across as a careful and genuinely inspired extension of a song that already carried emotional weight.”

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What a beautiful ride 2025 has been. It’s hard to express how gratifying it’s been to release my new album Red Sky Warning this year. I poured my heart and soul into this project for a long time, and the fact that these songs are finally out there means the world to me.

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What an amazing hometown album release concert in Buffalo last Friday. My deepest gratitude to everyone who came to Duende to help make it such a special night, and to all the musicians that helped me carry the evening...

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TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! buffalomusicclub.com/product/davi... Friday, June 20 at 9pm | Duende at Silo City $15 Advance | $20 Day of Show Celebrate the release of David Cloyd’s new album Red Sky Warning as he performs with a full band of Buffalo all-stars. Zak Ward & The Million Dollar Question opens.

David Cloyd Album Release @ Duende (Friday, June 20, 2025) | Buffalo Music Club | Buffalo, NY

Celebrate the release of David Cloyd's new album Red Sky Warning, featuring Buffalo all-stars Eric Crittenden, D Ray, Nate Kalnitz, Jeff Miers, Miranda Shulman, and Zak Ward & The Million Dollar Quest...

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Thank you Apple Music—for picking "The Day Before" for the coveted "New In Alternative" playlist. Hearing my song alongside Thom Yorke, Elbow, Brian Eno, FINNEAS, and The Lumineers, is a special moment for me. You can listen to “The Day Before” and my new album Red Sky Warning here: orcd.co/drsw

Read Apricot Magazine’s detailed track-by-track review of my new record Red Sky Warning, out now: "His voice, as always, is a weapon of vulnerability. His work isn’t about mimicry or trend-chasing. It’s about excavating emotion and presenting it, unfiltered and unflinching.”

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Once I got married and started a family, my life had its fair share of difficult decisions. I’ve always done my best, but invariably, I've sometimes felt less than certain I was making the right call. The same was true before, of course—I just didn’t have as much to lose.

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Back in the mid-to-late 20-teens, I had already recorded a nearly complete version of Red Sky Warning. My producer Blake Morgan and I listened to these early takes together, and we both had the same reaction - the songs needed a completely different recording approach.

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