I Am Kloot
Sky At Night

This Manchester trio's breakthrough fifth album didn't scale the commercial heights of producer Guy Garvey's Elbow, but saw Kloot breach the Top 30 an...

There is an unmistakable theme of earnest, unblinkered hope that runs through the best bands from the North of England. For all their football hooliga...

You’re on a blind date at your favourite restaurant. The food is good, wine abundant, conversation flowing, but somehow there's something lacking. ‘Sk...

On their fifth album, Manchester’s I Am Kloot once again look to the sky and the weather for inspiration, even as they decide it may be better to stay...

Among the many things about Elbow's Guy Garvey that should be cherished is the tireless promotion of his long-time drinking buddies and favourite band...

The singer is a teenage John Bramwell. Clad in tartan trousers, guitar angled downwards, he holds a precocious glint in his eye. In his 'other' musici...

It’s business as usual for the Manchester-based trio with their fifth offering of sedate guitar warbling. Mixed by Guy Garvey of Elbow, the whole timb...

Gentle melancholia as tied to its place of origin (Manchester) as Richard Hawley's is to Sheffield.The humour is, similarly, of the gallows variety: "...

For anyone reviewing the latest I Am Kloot album, there’s two things that, by law, must be mentioned. First of all, you have to comment on how they’re...

Climate and weather have always provided a rich source of imagery for I Am Kloot songsmith John Bramwell, so the shift to the nocturnal heavens on t...