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. In 2011, Blithe Field released a third album, ''Two Hearted'', on Messy Life Records. In 2012, Blithe Field released a fourth album, ''Warm Blood,'' by Poulpe Mort. Radcliffe currently releases music under his full name, Spencer Radcliffe. In 2013, he released a demo, ''Sinking Down''. He was also part of the four-piece

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band Best Witches from Chicago, Illinois that were around from 2013 to 2014. In November 2014, Radcliffe and R.L. Kelly released a split, ''Brown Horse'' on

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. In 2015, Radcliffe signed to

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. His first album with the label, ''Looking In'', was released on October 2, 2015. On August 4, Radcliffe released the first single from the album, "Mia", and was named ''

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''s "Artist to Watch". On August 25, Radcliffe premiered a second song from his upcoming album, "Yankee". Radcliffe embarked on a twenty-date-tour in support of the album, including dates with

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and

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. 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. On March 30, 2017, the group announced a full length titled ''Enjoy The Great Outdoors'' and released a single, "Wrong Turn". ''Enjoy The Great Outdoors'' was released by RFC on May 12, 2017. On May 17, 2019 the group released a full-length album, ''Hot Spring''.

Discography

As Spencer Radcliffe

Studio albums

*''Looking In'' (2015,

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)

As Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else

Studio albums

*''Enjoy the Great Outdoors'' (2017, Run for Cover) *''Hot Spring'' (2019, Run for Cover)

= EPs

= *''Keeper'' (2014, self-released) *''If I Knew How'' (2018, self-released)

As Blithe Field

Studio albums

*''Old Songs/New Songs'' (2008, self-released) *''Beautiful Wave '74'' (2010, Messy Life) *''Two Hearted'' (2011, Messy Life) *''Warm Blood'' (2012, Poulpe Mort) *''Face Always Toward the Sun'' (2016,

) *''Days Drift By'' (2018, Joy Void)

References

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