Spencer Radcliffe is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer who has also composed instrumental music under the name Blithe Field.
Career
Radcliffe began releasing music in 2008 under the name Blithe Field, self-releasing an album, Old Songs/New Songs. Two years later, Blithe Field released the 2010 full length album Beautiful Wave '74, on Messy Life Records.[1] In 2011, Blithe Field released a third album, Two Hearted, on Messy Life Records.[2] In 2012, Blithe Field released a fourth album, Warm Blood, by Poulpe Mort.[3]
Radcliffe currently releases music under his full name, Spencer Radcliffe. In 2013, he released a demo, Sinking Down.[4] He was also part of the four-piece emo/indie band Best Witches from Chicago, Illinois that were around from 2013 to 2014.[5] In November 2014, Radcliffe and R.L. Kelly released a split, Brown Horse on Orchid Tapes.[6]
In 2015, Radcliffe signed to Run for Cover Records. His first album with the label, Looking In, was released on October 2, 2015.[7] On August 4, Radcliffe released the first single from the album, "Mia", and was named Stereogum's "Artist to Watch".[8] On August 25, Radcliffe premiered a second song from his upcoming album, "Yankee".[9][10][11] Radcliffe embarked on a twenty-date-tour in support of the album, including dates with Alex G and LVL UP.[12]
In 2016, Radcliffe began performing with a group of musicians referred to collectively as "Everyone Else", and began working on a full-length album with the group as well.[13] On March 30, 2017, the group announced a full length titled Enjoy The Great Outdoors and released a single, "Wrong Turn".[14]Enjoy The Great Outdoors was released by RFC on May 12, 2017.[15] On May 17, 2019 the group released a full-length album, Hot Spring.
