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Singer-rockwriter Cliff Hedley has been gaining momentum on the New Zealand music scene since returning from the UK in 2003 where he travelled and played as a solo artist.His return coincided with a new recording artist grant from New Zealand On Air for the song Overcoat which became his first single. An indie video and regional radio airplay followed, and Hedley set about forming a band to play his style of music live. As the band started to gel, so too did the tracks which would eventually become the album Sin & Swim - a self-funded effort recorded on Hedley's indie label, Sonic Orange.The "Cliff Hedley Band" includes Brent Martin on drums, AJ Hay keys and backing vocals and Andre Birt on guitar. The quartet together transformed Hedley's original acoustic tracks into edgier rock numbers - a closer resemblance to the kind of music that influenced his song-writing. Further evolution towards the album happened under the guidance of producer Andrew Buckton at Studio 203, with the help of some talented local musicians in Jay Foulkes, Stephen Small, Janek Croydon, Jordan Clark and Buckton himself adding bass and guitar.A second NZ On Air grant was awarded in 2007 to produce the video for "Indecision", another single from the album. The video appeared on Alt TV and C4, and the single was played on The Rock's "Off the record" show during April-May of that year, as well as getting airplay on Kiwi FM and a number of other stations around New Zealand.A video for the latest single "Down Now" has just been finished and will be appearing on music television soon, with the band having just completed touring of New Zealand's North Island to promote the single.The album is available now from iTunes, Real Groovy and Amplifier.co.nz. For more outlets, visit the Links section.The band have just begun work on a follow-up album, due out in early 2009.
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Member Since: 16/05/2006
Band Website: www.cliffhedley.com"www.cliffhedley.com
Band Members: Cliff Hedley - Vocals, guitar
AJ Hay - Keys, vocals
Brent Martin - Drums
Andre Birt - Guitar, Bass

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"Down Now" video, directed by Ivan Slavov:

"Indecision" video, directed by Bryce Langston:

"Overcoat" video, directed by James Brown:

Influences: Pearl Jam, Weezer, Coldplay, Stone Temple Pilots, Crowded House, Beatles, Nirvana, RHCP, Sublime, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Foo Fighters, David Gray, Beach Boys, the list goes on... and frankly, anything else I hear, including you...
You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Sounds Like: Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls
Record Label: Sonic Orange
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

This Paper City live on Kiwi FM

Andre and Cliff will be performing unplugged in the Kiwi FM studio tomorrow (Tuesday) night, the 5th of May. Tune in to hear us play some tracks from the upcoming album after 8pm:Streaming on www.kiw...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 15:17:00 GMT

New band name and album

HiWe've finally gone ahead and come up with a new band name! Moving forward, the Cliff Hedley Band will be known as "This Paper City". The move to the band name was in reflection of our developing s...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:07:00 GMT

Into the studio!

This week we are winding down the North Island tour with a couple of shows around Auckland. It’s been good to get on the road, but now we’re ready to hit the studio - as of next week...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:55:00 GMT

New Video!

Check out the new video for the track "Down Now" here on the myspace site or at http://www.youtube.com/user/CliffHedley. Special thanks to director Ivan Slavov and the crew, all our friends and...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:46:00 GMT

North Island Tour!

We're off on a mini-tour of NZ's North Island in March! Check out our upcoming gigs and we'll look forward to catching you soon. 1 March - Auckland/North Shore - Masonic Tavern 7 March...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:09:00 GMT

What are them songs about?

I hate this question, especially because I think people should take their own meaning from music, rather than having someone else's thrust upon them. However, people often ask, so at the ri...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 15:48:00 GMT

Sink & Swim - where did the name come from?

Originally, I was going with "Full Circle" as the working title for the album, but a quick Google revealed that every human and their canine sidekick had beaten me to the punch on that one. The ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:19:00 GMT

Interview with the Cliff Hedley Band

Name: Cliff Hedley Nicknames: Hedley Lamar, Del Boy, Spider, Dennis, C-Dog, C-bass Instruments played: Guitar, vocals, also had a few years of piano lessons, bit of bass, harmonica, love to play drums...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:40:00 GMT